A report on the National Seminar of American Indian Women is presented. This meeting was planned to provide an opportunity for American Indian women to discuss the needs of Indian communities and expand their understanding of what constitutes an adequate community. The delegates were lay people selected from their home communities. Sixty-eight of…

The materials in this compilation have been assembled from advance texts and abstracts provided by the program speakers and from on-the-spot reports from many of the panel sessions at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) twentieth annual meeting in New York City in April, 1972. Contents include presentations from sessions of the…

Describes an innovative procedure which uses discussion and hypnosis to help smokers lose their desire to smoke. The smoker is asked to reevaluate the validity of beliefs concerning smoking and urged to see destructive effects from poisonous tobacco smoke on mind and body. With hypnosuggestion the client is helped to implement abstinence from…

The author argues that participatory training is too often an excuse for unprepared, unfocused teaching, and therefore, a disaster as a learning experience. She contradicts what she calls the "fantasies" of participatory training. (CH)

This article contains highlights of an interview with John Rothney concerning his personal and professional life and career of research, counseling, and teaching. (Author)

Examines the variety of ways in which Americans in the 1930s participated in adult education, including the Lyceum Movement, the New York Free Lecture System, and public forums (the Bryson-Studebaker version of the Lyceum). Also discusses the first "Handbook of Adult Education." (CT)

Presents the results of a study which investigated the content quality of classroom discussions in three tenth-grade social studies classes categorized as cooperative, competitive, or neutral (control). Findings did not support previous research regarding the content of group discussions and their structure. (JDH)

Offers information about aesthetic films, their study in class as an art form, and the procurement of such works from the Media Center for Children in New York. Compares film to literature and contrasts the language of film with verbal language. Lists some of the best films tested with children and film distributors. Outlines film discussion…

In the Junior Great Books Program, leaders are trained to promote discussions in which gifted and talented children explore interpretations of readings drawn from outstanding works of literature. (CL)

Reviews the software package, "Interaction Analyses," which makes the observation of communication transactions--commonly described as PROANA5--possible with a microcomputer. (PD)

Describes the efforts of civic, educational, and scholarly groups organized in 1981 to develop a better system for educating citizens about public policy--the National Issues Forum. (PD)

The author describes her experiences as facilitator of a support group for mainstreamed deaf adolescents. Covering such topics as difficulties communicating with family members and conflicts with hearing peers and teachers, the group featured role playing and discussion. (CL)

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has emerged as a powerful organization development philosophy that builds on past successes to impel positive change. AI is a highly participative, holistic approach to change that values the wisdom of members of the organization and amplifies positive forces. This session will introduce AI as a tool to enhance…

Student discussion-group leaders were assessed on indices of facilitative empathy, respect, and genuineness, and their behaviors were analysed by Flanders' interaction categories. None of the leaders reached minimally helpful levels of the facilitative conditions, and only two out of five could be categorized as "indirect" leaders. (Author/JA)

This paper attempts to define some critical criteria for evaluating the relationship between what is regarded as "art" and "entertainment" in American mass media by way of presenting a model for classroom discussion. (Editor)