Educating Our 21st Century Adventurers

This book studies the humanistic teaching values and corresponding humanistic teaching activities among secondary math and science student teachers. It describes the successful field test of a unique classroom observation instrument, an instrument that makes use of vital constructs from Information Theory and Interactional Analysis. The book sets forth the three-stage empirical validation of the Humanistic Educational Paradigm. The study identifies those classroom interactional patterns which reflect the growing pedagogical interest of Social Constructivism. Educating Our 21st Century Adventurers will interest all educators seeking to understand and implement humanistic education and grasp its significance for our schools in the coming century.