Gives a description of "tough" and "tender" education, i.e., behavioristic versus humanistic education, and then states that the humanistic teacher is a growing person, not an abstraction, and that if we are to truly experience both forms of education, we must first experience both as aspects of ourselves. (Author/RK)

A developmental approach to education assumes that as individuals develop they view the world differently and with increasingly more adequate ways of perceiving and behaving. Discusses some prominent theorists who have attempted to clarify the stages of cognitive and affective development that individuals pass through during the life cycle and the…

The future education of scientifically gifted children must be accompanied by increased attention to democratic goals, hopes, social values, professionalism, ethics, and wisdom. (BB)

Two findings of the Study of Change project conducted by the Research Division of the Institute for the Development of Educational Activities in Los Angeles were discussed. This study, designed to investigate humanistic curricula development, concentrated on the principal and the processes used by the school staff as they attempted to solve common…

Canadian Public Issues (CPI) is a social studies education program which seeks to include the history of groups typically overlooked in traditional instruction. CPI is described and analyzed. A former CPI director responds to the criticisms, and in a final article, the author responds. (JL)

Offers a brief history of humanism and five educational principles that are relevant to teaching sociology. Demonstrates the importance of these principles by describing several undergraduate sociology courses and discussing the teaching profession. (Author/BSR)

Reviews various theoretical models of the communication process and relates these to information on instructional presentations, student-teacher interaction, nonverbal communication and the use of instructional media. Maintains that regardless of future technological innovation, elements of interpersonal communication should be considered the most…

Presents a bibliography of James B. Macdonald's writings and printed speeches arranged chronologically according to the educator's themes of inquiry. Macdonald's videotaped autobiography identifies four explorative stages: (1) Scientism, (2) person-centered humanism, (3) sociopolitical humanism, and (4) transcendentalism, signaling a need for…

Demonstrates that the aims and methods of social studies education rest solidly on humanistic principles, and that by being aware of the philosophical foundations of the discipline, teachers may (1) improve their classroom instruction and (2) be better equipped to defend social studies from attacks by conservative critics. (JDH)

Boyd Bode's progressive education philosophy was based on his belief in democracy as social cooperation founded on the mutual reconstruction of self-interests. He perceived education organically and reconstructively. Many of his ideas have retained their significance and comprise a large part of the experimentalist contribution to the educational…

Describes in detail 15 principles of instructional value that underlie humanistic approaches to education to clarify the conceptual basis of such approaches. (Author)

To deal with both academic and affective needs of reading disabled children, a program designed to train professionals in remediation and counseling skills was developed. Over a two-year period, this program has succeeded in improving academic skills and self-concept of most of the 51 disabled readers. Continued training of dual-specialist…

Medical educators nationwide are questioning the process that leads to the denial of the emotional side of medicine by its practitioners. Emotional dilemmas are often verbally suppressed by most students, but they surface in many ways, such as depression, insomnia, loss of appetite, and anxiety. (RM)

Discusses the importance of art in the schools to students' cognitive and perceptual development. Suggests that art helps children evaluate visual images and provides a means of expression and an expanding awareness of the physical environment. (JAC)

Article attempts to close the gap between the terms "humanities" and "humanities education," between scholars and practitioners, between a body of content for study and the process by which that content is taught. (Author/RK)