A program which used practical film study to extend powers of observation and comment and to help young people (ages 12 through 16) develop an understanding of contemporary society is described in this manual. The role of film in school curricula and its integration with other studies is discussed in an opening section. The next section contains a…

The basic movement pattern used in skilled individual rope jumping performance was determined and used as a model against which to evaluate the rope jumping form used by children at various levels of skills development. The techniques of adults and nursery school children were filmed and analyzed. The specific causes of unsuccessful attempts were…

This study determined if there were any significant difference in attitudes toward self, towards others, and towards teaching between a group of new teachers who had been exposed to sensitivity training and a group who had not been exposed and also checked differences between pretest, posttest, and follow-up scores. The experimental group of 41…

The seven papers in this book were prepared as the bases of discussions at a BEPD-sponsored conference which dealt with the ways in which teachers can make a difference in education. The conference was a followup to one held a year earlier on the topic, "Do Teachers Make a Difference." The implications which can be drawn suggest the need to make…

The unified model for a teacher education program was developed from five preliminary models prepared by a group of teacher educators in West Virginia and reflects current knowledge and research related to the development of undergraduate programs. The program contains four major areas of learning experiences: 1) social foundations of contemporary…

To prevent the move to make schools more humane from developing into another educational fad, the author proposes an approach to curriculum design and evaluation that explicity relates the human condition to the necessary goals of teaching. To do this, he has prepared a grid in which the six elements of the human condition from developmental…

This report reviews relevant educational literature and current practices to discover the relationship between personal change and self confrontation. Five areas of study include a) outcomes, b) help for whom, c) the helpful situation, d) the helpful treatment, and e) the helpful helper. The first section briefly describes the outcomes of self…

An author reflects on memory, language, the real, children's literature, myths, icons, and the interplay between structure and freedom. (IRT)

Recent literature presents parenthood as a crisis and/or growth experience. This paper refocuses this issue from an orientation toward outcome to one on process. It examines transitions into fatherhood in terms of six tasks which must be completed or mastered if this process is to be gratifying and rewarding. (Author)

Examines the concept of maturity and then three aspects of the individual personality especially applicable to those who are religiously mature. (RK)

This essay outlines some distinctive features of a perspective on the family which represents its course of development in historical context--a perspective which is focused on the process of status change, and thus on the task of explicating such change. (Author)

A curriculum is a perspective: it gives view to human knowledge, values, and skills. It imposes discipline because it presumes to create a plan or a structure for seeking and recognizing and valuing experience. (Author/IRT)

There are three explicit psychotherapeutic propositions of reality therapy that, when combined, create a positive growth-and-development orientation to human behavior: (1) individuals are capable of constructive and creative change; (2) people can become more responsible, creative, and productive; and (3) people are capable of helping each other…

This article presents a bibliography on education for older adults. (JEL)

A conceptual framework is presented which allows a group to define some common objective in a simulation/puzzle gaming context. (DAG)