Current social studies programs do not include the study of prosocial behaviors such as altruism, generosity, and compassion. This omission legitimizes the view that human behaviors are self-serving. Curriculum developers should fashion programs which provide prosocial models and opportunities for students to conceptualize such behaviors and…

An eclectic approach to individualizing instruction in secondary schools is suggested which includes the following classroom strategies: experiential learning, mastery learning, learning centers, peer and cross-age tutoring, and independent study. (JMF)

Discusses how the crisis-oriented search for immediate panaceas has frustrated significant and positive educational change. (GT)

A peer counseling training unit for preservice teachers can increase participant empathy level and listening skills in a relatively short period of time. (JD)

Twenty-four undergraduate volunteers participated in a sexual enhancement workshop, designed to explore the emotional aspects of sex through the use of small group discussion and sexually explicit films. Results indicated that participants experienced significant change toward acceptance of masturbation and a lessening of sex-related anxiety. (SJL)

Discusses the current trend in education towards empiricism and measurement, and urges that education include human values. (MLH)

Discusses the goals and methodologies of several types of physics-and-society courses, citing content, disciplinary costs, and advantages to the student. (MLH)

Discusses two types of science-and-society courses: (1) those that examine little scientific subject matter, instead concentrating on political and sociological problems; and (2) those that give an overview of the achievements of modern scientific inquiry. (MLH)

Discusses both positive and negative student reactions to a course in technology and society, and the problems of faculty opposition to such courses. (MLH)

Describes a developmental affective education program implemented in two integrated classrooms (at the fifth and eighth grade level). The program consists of ten 45-minute sessions and is designed to help students cope with feelings and explore values related to racial issues. (Author)

This article presents a description of a course on sex-roles given jointly by the Counseling Center and the Psychology Department at Southern Illinois University. The primary objective is to provide an atmosphere in which each student can examine his/her current conceptions of male and female. (Author)

How prospective teachers will feel and act toward children is not known. Words in school carry no commitment and little feeling. The only viable test for humanistic worth in teaching unfolds conspicuously through daily performance. (Author)

A proposal to enrich the German dual system of vocational education with elements of general education is guided by the concept of the social shaping of work and technology, stressing doing as well as thinking. Shaping combines technical/rational aspects with human/emotional aspects. (SK)

Several activities that can help deaf children build affective awareness are described. The activities emphasize hands-on, experience-based learning and play, and focus on building self-awareness, learning new ways to interact, recognizing feelings, and having children create books about themselves. (JDD)

This article includes a rationale for including affective objectives in instructional goals, a discussion of literature related to the affective domain, and several learning activities that utilize outdoor education to address affective objectives. (IAH)