Faulty interpretations of the concepts of freedom, helping relationships, and purpose account for misunderstandings about humanistic education. (Author/MLF)

Humanism cheats students because it gives them false ideas about their abilities and encourages them to aspire to unrealistic levels of achievement. It also reduces the level of performance that should be expected of teachers and paraprofessionals. (Author/IRT)

Briefly describes how one elementary school teacher handled the death of a pet. A short bibliography of children's books that deal with the subject of death is included. (JMB)

The teaching and study of technical writing can be improved if teachers will trade their covert acceptance of positivist theory for an overt consensualist perspective. (DD)

Andragogy provides a framework for care and other aspects of the nurse-patient relationship. It is a humanistic process that values individuals and equalizes power between educators and students. (SK)

Describes a radio show called "Math Medley" featuring a variety of guests including past presidents of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), research mathematicians, classroom teachers, and leaders of environmental organizations. Features transcripts of two full introductions to the show. (Author/MM)

This article synthesizes the writings of psychologist and educator, Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939), on the unique adjustment problems of gifted children and presents her program for "emotional education" of the gifted. (Author/DB)

Examines the relationship between imagination, silence, and democracy, and claims that all human rights depend on freedom of imagination and esthetic sensitivity. Concludes counselors are the advanced guard of imagination as it tries to break into civilization by touching its citizens though the symptoms of its discontents. (Author/ABL)

Transformative learning shapes the learner in profound and far-reaching ways. Conceptualizations by Mezirow, Freire, and Daloz are based on viewing learning as change in consciousness, of humans as free and responsible, of knowledge and personal and social construct, and belief in liberal democratic society. (SK)

Describes the interdisciplinary and psychological links between the sciences and specific fields of the humanities, including history, literature, and theology and the role of imagination in science. (PAM)

Examines the use of introspection in applied linguistic research to raise critical language awareness. Provides an example of the author's diary to illustrate the social, cultural, and political processes that underlie language learning. Implications, including those for teaching methodology, for humanistically oriented language educators are…

This article presents comments on "Realism, Instrumentalism, and Scientific Symbiosis: Psychological Theory as a Search for Truth and the Discovery of Solutions" by John T. Cacioppo, Gun R. Semin and Gary G. Berntson. The appeal for the unification of psychology is in fashion and Cacioppo et al.'s term "symbiosis" connotes a cooperative and…

The paper describes the integration of web resources and technology as instructional and learning tools in oral history projects. The computer-mediated oral history project centred around interviews with community elders combined with new technologies to engage students in authentic historical inquiry. The study examined learners' affective…

The philosophy of schooling and the pedagogy of schooling over the past two to three centuries has been in a state of constant flux. As we enter the 21st century, the age old debate between religious education pundits and those who advocate humanistic education rages on. The debate, then, centers around those who will or should have the right to…