Educational evaluation has been generally ineffective in improving educational practice, and many evaluations have dehumanizing aspects. A conference was held at Berkeley in April, 1976, to consider this situation. Participants included professional evaluators, teachers, parents, students, and interested others. One outcome was this hypothesis:…

This document includes special references to British open classrooms. (MK)

A discussion is presented of the meaning of human rights, implications of human rights for foreign policy, and obstacles to its realization on a global scale. Chapter I identifies human rights as a critical issue, commends President Carter's initiative in this area, and points out difficulties of implementing a human rights policy. Chapter II…

Social Building is a program at UCLA that entails management approaches to the design of facilities and urban settings. This report is the result of a study team closely examining four high schools in Los Angeles. The subject of this study is an examination of the relationship between the setting in which schooling is undertaken and education.…

In order to be effective, management concepts must be taught to all members of the management team. Team members must learn that they are truly interdependent and must develop a strong interrelationship based on mutual respect for each other's expertise and point of view. Team management is beginning to develop when each member displays complete…

The basis for developing vital, team-like characteristics in contemporary pluralistic America lies in the understanding and building of new interpersonal norms and skills. The new norms accept human collaboration and human diversity as basic facts for problemsolving, survival, and growth. These norms support the intent that interpersonal and…

Designed for teachers and prospective teachers of English, this book briefly discusses the theoretical constructs of humanistic approaches to each aspect of English education in the secondary school and illustrates practical designs for humanistic learning which teach each aspect of the language arts and which are intended to draw the methods…

Public receptivity to open education as a specific example of school reform has sometimes been less than enthusiastic. For this reason, the would-be progressive school principal faces a challenging task of inquiry, information, persuasion, and affirmative action. It is explicit in the story of British open education that the head teacher plays a…

Computers can be valuable tools of humanization if educators use them to relate the curriculum to the students' lives and to make schools more desirable places in which to learn. Despite the facts that much of the content of both the country's generally accepted national goals and students' interests and problems is affective in nature, most…

This monograph contains papers and discussions that explore the concepts of a person-centered society and humanistic education and their implications for educational administration. Included are a set of directions for public education in a person-centered society, a discussion of the political and economic context and constraints within which the…

This Bulletin gives an overview, through questions and answers, of team management from the standpoint of the superintendent, the principal, and industry. Team management is "ideal" to the extent that it operates democratically, and "practical" in that it normally finds a more sound solution than if one person, alone, came up with a solution. The…

A needs assessment project being conducted in Jacksonville, Florida and at Florida Junior College is described. The major intent of the project is stated to be the development of a valid, computerized model which will enable an educational system to research the educational needs of its community and to develop quantified data for decision-making.…

Four conference presentations in this report provide insights into and understandings of both the process of curriculum change and the direction that such change should take. Professor John I. Goodlad, in the first address, urges the development of a "humanistic curriculum." In the second presentation, Dr. William G. Hollister, a mental health…

An interdisciplinary approach to teaching English and religion can eliminate some of the educational problems posed by each subject. Part one of this thesis presents a philosophy of education which suggests that confluent and student-centered methods of teaching can best develop creativity and, thus, lead to greater humanization of students. Part…