The regulation is not radical for institutions which have pursued a rational policy of student housing. (Author)

The Chinle Boarding School in Arizona engaged in a camp experience for its elementary/secondary Navajo students. Objectives were to provide: new environmental experiences; opportunities for student age and sex interactions; improved self images; an atmosphere conducive to creative expression; development of effective student leaders; and group…

Students in an experimental group received peer-facilitator training twice each week for three weeks and a group leadership experience. Results fail to support the concept of peer-facilitator training and group leadership experience as a remedial technique with low-performing elementary school students. (Author)

An innovative educational program with an interdisciplinary approach combining legal aspects, and development factors, is described from its inception. The program was a result of the joint efforts of members of the Kansas Bar Association, teachers, family life educators and interested citizens. (Author)

Danish communes, while exhibiting substantial flexibility, ingenuity and viability, invariably fail for primarily personal reasons or motives. However, unlike their American counterparts, economic and practical considerations play a correspondingly minor role. Presented at the Southern Sociological Society, Miami, Florida, April 9, 1976. (Author)

Effects of videotaped models in eliciting self-disclosure were assessed for men and women in unsupervised groups of one or both sexes. Videotaped modeling was clearly superior to a control condition in increasing self-disclosure. Females generally displayed more self-disclosure than males. (Author)

This paper focuses on how the sociological perspective can make significant contributions in providing a meaningful conceptual framework for analyzing self concept changes. Insight in explaining why only certain kinds of limited changes typically occur among sensitivity group participants is presented. (Author)

The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was used to assess the impact of a semester-long encounter-group, personal-growth experience on students seeking degrees in counseling. Both the experimental and control groups showed gains in self-actualization. (Author)

Encounter group participants were divided into four categories: high social anxiety/high risk taking propensity, high anxiety/low risk, low anxiety/high risk, and low anxiety/low risk. Two participants from each category were placed in each group. Results indicated high risk takers were seen as more verbally active, self-disclosing, and risk…

Describes how two classroom activities--one on violence, the other on prejudice--guided students from an intense emotional involvement to a greater personal understanding and social awareness. (KS)

Considers whether Haitians in the United States are political refugees from their own perspective, using data from a survey of Haitians in New York City. Examines how they have come to define identities for themselves (as exiles, immigrants, and political refugees). Includes a historical overview of Haitian immigration. (KH)

Explains how group journals can be used in literature classes to encourage students to respond to each others' ideas, by having students write entries on assigned or free-choice topics on odd-numbered pages, leaving even-numbered pages for other students' responses, disagreements, clarifications, and questions. Includes samples of student journal…

Recounts the experience of participating in a two-week workshop for writing instructors during the summer of 1986 that was supported by state funds. Urges other teachers to ask their state leaders to consider funding similar summer programs. (NKA)

Discusses children's conceptions of their lives "away from home" while they are in residential settings. Focuses on children's notions about family life, home, neighbors, community, and society, employing a developmental framework. Describes how contextual factors (e.g., the surrounding social services network) influence the planning, operation,…

Examined acceptance and congruence in four Tavistock groups consisting of college student volunteers (N=30) using scales measuring curative factors, group process, and congruence. Found participants with higher rankings on the group acceptance measures experienced greater degrees of congruence following the group experience. Discusses implications…