These two film modules dealing with self awareness on drug abuse for teachers comprise an inservice program of affective education. Each film portrays possible situations and shows how an individual teacher reacts to them. Other reactions by teachers and students are interspersed. No judgment is made in the film as to whether these reactions are…

This discussion guide is intended to help school personnel, community members, and board members express and deal with their beliefs about educational philosophy. A series of questions concerning school policies is presented with forced-choice answers. Individual answers are to be brought before a group for comparison, inquiry, and discussion. The…

The ultimate goal of a learning group is to help learners achieve their goals and objectives and to help them learn to live in a rapidly changing and evolving society. Within the context of social change, the author examines how internal dynamics can be used to aid a teacher in developing an effective learning group. Drawing from psychology,…

Centering on a historical review and analysis of adult Christian education in small groups, this study was designed to identify certain conditions surrounding the formation and operation of selected small groups, to discover their distinctive educational features, and to suggest guidelines for effective use of the small group approach. The role of…

A leadership course for Army officers used sound films for the presentation of officer problems, based on descriptions of leadership situations collected from Army officers and NCO's in combat and noncombat areas. Each film terminated at the point where the leader was faced with making a decision and taking action; a small group discussion…

This guide provides the basis for a study-discussion course in the social psychology of the American Family. The course is designed to give an overview of major areas of stress in contemporary family life, to define and offer possible solutions to these problems, and to present some consideration of their meaning for individuals. This manual is…

This study concentrated on developing a conceptual scheme for adapting participation training, an adult education approach based on democratic concepts and practices, to the Three Love Movement (Love of God, Love of Soil, Love of Man) in Japan. (This Movement is an outgrowth of Protestant folk schools.) While democratization is an aim, the…

This is a working handbook for supervisors, staff members, and managers at all levels who are looking for ways to improve their conference leadership skills. It is built around frequently asked questions on participant involvement, the nature of a guided conference, questioning and motivational techniques, amounts of presentation needed, effective…

The purpose of this study was to examine the productivity of three differing focuses for organizing teacher group consultation activities. These focuses were: (1) the curriculum, i.e., individualizing instructional materials; (2) personalizing classroom interactions; and (3) personalizing classroom interactions through classroom videotapings. The…

This report is one of four describing a project which investigated the impact of Head Start parent participation on the program's quality, on institutional changes in the community, on the Head Start children, and on the Head Start parents themselves. Two types of parent participation were investigated: (1) parents in decision-making roles, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the differences between college students' literary responses while reading a poem as measured by a free-association technique and their responses in a group discussion, (2) the effects of completing the free-association assignment with a poem on a subsequent discussion of that poem compared to merely…

The Third Annual Regional Workshop on Migrant Education was held on March 5-9, 1972 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This conference was for migrant educators from the Eastern Stream states extending from the Gulf of Mexico north to New England. Over 480 participants met, coordinating their ideas and experiences to create a better world for the…

The author reviews the research conducted on dyadic interaction and its role in the development of creative thinking and problem solving. Earlier research has shown that children at a certain stage prefer to work alone rather than with other children. However, empirical data have shown on the whole that dyadic interactions result in better…

A revised version of the 1968 Michigan Speech Association Curriculum guide (ED 026 391), this volume is intended to provide the student between the ages of 11 and 14 with learning experiences which enable the student to acquire and utilize oral communication skills. The guide is divided into six units--interpersonal communication, group…

This speech discusses the concepts of the large group presentation, or the motivational experience; the small group discussion, or reaction discussions; and independent study, or continuous progress self directed learning. The discussion of these concepts is taken from the perspective of three years' participation by the author's school in a Model…