Affective, social, emotional, and psychological dimensions of individual and societal development are crucial to the education of the whole child. This paper suggests alternative proposals for educational programming to achieve a better balance between vocational and technological emphases and humane and interpersonal skill development in schools.…

Examined effectiveness of selected lessons from the Toward Affective Development program in creating awareness of alternatives in psychosocial situations among 60 sixth-grade children. Treatment consisted of presentation of 18 selected lessons from the program. Comparison of pre- and post-test data indicated positive effect of treatment.…

This article addresses the less utilized, nontraditional techniques of experiential and exploratory theater as vehicles for promoting both cognitive and affective learning. It discusses puppets as provocateurs, evoking response through mime, improvisation, and exploratory theater and problem solving. (CT)

Offers seven lesson plans to help blend the affective and cognitive realms of children's learning, connecting an emotional lexicon with written and spoken dialogs, photographs, arguments, and movements. (DMM)

Intended for educators writing curriculum guides, this report describes a method of stating objectives which avoids indoctrination. The method consists of the use of flowcharts by which the cognitive operations associated with a desired behavior can be represented. (RM)

Discusses the value of touch as a counseling tool with handicapped students. Delineates the mechanical and neurological components of touch and identifies tactile stimuli that are processed and evaluated during a learning experience. Academic and affective factors are also reviewed. (JAC)

An experiment attempted to study the effects of a computer managed instructional program on the anxiety level of the teacher education students enrolled in a course on educational psychology. (JY)

Affective skills, says the author, are too often overlooked when sizing up a potential teacher. Some helpful interview techniques are outlined here that can clarify an applicant's attitudes toward both himself and children. (Editor)

Describes a public school program for educating 5-year-olds that emphasizes the children before the subject matter, looks at how and what the children learn rather than how and what the teachers teach, creates more open classrooms, fosters interaction within the school and between school and community, and achieves a greater commonality of purpose…

Personalizing and humanizing the educational process is a goal that is shared by teachers and counselors. Two procedures which improve human relations between teachers and students, and thereby facilitate the learning process, are discussed in this article. These two procedures are the C'' group and the DUSO program. (Author)

Children who are given many opportunities to love and feel loved when they are young will have an excellent foundation for continuing that growth process as adults. (Author)

Five realistic suggestions are made with regard to stating objectives in order to facilitate the entire process of reaching the objectives. (JB)

Author discusses the merits of affective education but warns it is a potentially dangerous innovation that may accentuate unhealthy development." (Editor/Author)

An aesthetic education has many objectives, all of which must be taken into consideration when attempting to develop a suitable art curriculum. (CK)