As part of the instrumentation to assess the effectiveness of the Schools Without Failure (SWF) program in 10 elementary schools in the New Castle, Pa. School District, the Philosophy of Glasser Questionnaire was developed. This 15-item scale measuring attitudes toward the philosophy of William Glasser had a coefficient alpha reliability of .77…

This paper discusses an approach to competency-based teacher education whose goal is the development of early childhood education teachers who have the requisite knowledge, attitudes, and skills for facilitating children's cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development and who are well-informed, creative, flexible, open to experience,…

In order that English teachers may be important to themselves, important as teachers, and, through their behaviors, important to their community and to society, they must accept the challenge of being humanists. Ten characteristics describe humanists: (1) they revere life in all forms; (2) they have profound respect for the human mind and its…

Since science fiction imaginatively explores the future, technology, and the human role in problem solving, it lends itself to the development of a process-oriented curriculum. Students may participate in planning, executing, and evaluating a study of science fiction, while they may learn through process goals to deal intelligently with change--a…

The humanistic value of expressive discourse should form the basis for reinstating composition in the curricula of higher education. Educators must realize that the process of thinking that goes on before an assertion or statement of purpose is written is related to the familiar prewriting concept; that approaches to invention are as various as…

The authors contend that special education has arrived at a point of diminishing and sometimes distressing returns because it is based on physicalistic science. (DB)

This article describes a model for implementing an affective education program which was developed using systems analysis techniques. Seven independent and interdependent functions are identified and described. The use of experts and an affective education advisory board is recommended. Also, assessment techniques and a team approach for…

Career education must be better in order to produce students who can bring to their work the ability to communicate and to reason, not just perform specific work processes. A strong mind is more important than a strong back in our sophisticated technological society. (MF)

Educational programs should give priority to experiences on which other experiences depend, to experiences that promote critical thinking, and that enable students to choose experiences worth pursuing and resolve value conflicts. (Author/MLF)

Environmental problems are complex, and involve the interaction of many factors. The author attempts to focus on the humanistic and human elements in connection with environmental studies and environmental problems. He examines the purpose of a humanities education, and nine elements of an ideal humanities curriculum. (Author/RK)

The humanities were originally designed to produce responsible and effective citizens, suggests a former director of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This paper discusses where today's humanities study has gone wrong and how it can again become an integral part of both higher education and people's lives. (Author/LBH)

The author, presently teaching at West Georgia College, describes a packet of materials entitled "Guidelines", which is an itemization and explanation of course assignments, a number of forms for information, data collection and evaluation purposes, and a position paper, representing her thinking about the process of education and matters of…

Argues that there is a major need for greatly increased exploration of personal approaches to good teaching and broader application of perceptual-humanistic thinking to all aspects of teacher education. (Author/JG)

Describes a model teacher inservice training program for affective education that was developed by the Wayne County (Michigan) Intermediate School District. (JG)

Dr. Glasser, author of Reality Therapy and Schools Without Failure, discusses humanistic education and schools, the concept of "positive addiction", and the effects of television on children. (Author)