Bringing Out the Best in Human Effectiveness Lessons for Educators From an Upward Bound Project

by Dottin, Erskine S.; Steen, Daris L.; Samuel, Denise

• ISBN13: 9780761828525
• ISBN10: 0761828524
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-08
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Bringing Out the Best in Human Effectiveness will greatly interest anyone aspiring to improve the human condition. This book focuses on an Upward Bound program conducted at the University of West Florida between 1979 and 1983. This is the long untold story of participant observers and the lessons they learned about the kind of teaching and learning that changes lives.

Author Biography

Erskine S. Dottin is Professor of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies at Florida International University. Dottin holds a Ph.D. in Education (Leadership) from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Daris L. Steen is a Finance Manager in Miami-Dade County, Florida and State Legislative Coordinator of the Non-Commission Officer Association, Washington, D.C. Denise Samuel works at International Paper, Pensacola, Florida

Table of Contents

Dedication	iii
Contents	v
Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Chapter 1 Human Phenomena	1	(6)
Understanding Human Phenomena	1	(1)
The Individual and the World	2	(2)
The Individual as Social Being	4	(3)
Chapter 2 The Contextual Setting	7	(6)
Past Context of Experience	7	(1)
Program Vision	8	(1)
Means-Ends Connections	9	(4)
Chapter 3 Reconstructing the Experience within Humanistic Educational Contexts	13	(38)
Program Realities/Obstacles: The Upward Bound Project Phenomenon	13	(5)
Program Realities: Wheels in the Head	18	(1)
Program Learning: Being a Subject and Not an Object	19	(7)
Program Learning: Acquiring Personal Meaning of Life	26	(10)
Program Learning: Being What I Want to Be	36	(3)
Program Learning: Participating in Decisions that Affect Life	39	(3)
Program Learning: Sharing with Others	42	(5)
Program Learning: Caring for Others	47	(4)
Chapter 4 Reflecting on the Experience: Lessons for Educators and Other Helping Professionals	51	(18)
Drawing Valid Inferences from a Case Study	51	(1)
Lessons for Educators	52	(15)
Present Day Connections	67	(2)
Bibliography	69	(6)
Authors' Biographical Sketches	75	(4)
Contributors	79