This study analyzes the internal and external forces that led to the creation and revisions of a community college's mission statement over the course of its 53-year history. We used discourse-historical analysis to examine published college mission statements, transcripts of interviews with the founding dean of the college, and the college's…

Franklin Vernon provided an example of how programs viewing themselves as "cultural islands" are in fact embedded within historical capitalist relations, through the discourses of "self" that they promote. In this response, I expand on Vernon's argument to situate the quasi-therapeutic practices he identified in the history of…

Individual in-depth, semi-structured interviews with three mathematics teachers were conducted to investigate the dynamics of their life-long relationships with mathematics, synthesised as mathematical identity from different identity positions in the context of dialogical self. The qualitative data were scrutinised employing interpretive…

The use of personal, reflective writing exercises is well documented in the disciplines of composition and management, and each discipline has been highly influential in establishing pedagogical practices in the business communication classroom. However, we see little evidence of the pedagogical practice, the use of personal reflective writing…

A plea is made for a humanistic approach to education. (JD)

This short bibliography is an introduction to readings on affective, humanistic, or confluent education. (JD)

The place of the encounter group within the framework of humanistic psychology is examined and an assessment of the moral significance of the humanistic psychology movement and the encounter group technique is attempted. (Editor)

Draws an analogy between preparing students for a work world and for a moral world. Education should nurture the talent, culture, and virtue of students with the understanding that legitimate, conditional tests of these attributes exist in the external world. (KC)

Reviews literature regarding alienated youth of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s and maintains that the emphasis in higher education today on humanism and on self-direction may account for the apparent lack of alienation among present-day youth. (Author/DB)

The structure of humanness as the unique and essential being of the individual, constantly emerging through experience and the actualization of human potential within the sports environment, is the central theme of this book. Sport is defined broadly to include all forms of physical activity experiences. Each chapter represents an inquiry unique…

Addresses four questions: How do we define "gifted"? What are the human capacities of gifted children that we should help to develop? What is the responsibility of the gifted to society? How can we best help these children both to develop their human capacities and to fulfill their social responsibility? (Author/IRT)

The difficulty in defining the terms "the humanities" and "nontraditional learners," it is suggested, lies in the breadth of the terms. The programs described involve people who have reached an age of legal and social responsibility and who are exploring the best ideas and things humans have produced. (MLW)

Article states that learning, like all aspects of human development, results from interaction with others. The role of the teacher in establishing communication in the classroom and providing an example of openness and involvement is emphasized. (RW)

Examines how Russo's humanistic-critical theory for social-action integration requires shifting staff development focused on knowing and caring about others to self-development that includes everyone. Rationale, resources, and successful action-practice models support and extend Russo's theory for responsible social-action education in a…

The trend toward the development of the person with emphasis on perceptual awareness, psychological growth, self-actualization, nonverbal learning, and creative behavior is called synaesthetics, or humanistic education. The development of affective objectives should include not only the arts, but also the academic subjects. (JR)