Toward Gog and Magog Or?: A Critical Review of the Literature of Adult Group Discussion. [Report No.: Occas-Pap-30

Autor/inn/en	Osinski, Franklin W. W.; und weitere
Institution	Syracuse Univ., NY. Publications Program in Continuing Education.; Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education.
Titel	Toward Gog and Magog Or?: A Critical Review of the Literature of Adult Group Discussion. [Report No.: Occas-Pap-30
Quelle	(1972), (92 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Development; Adult Education; Community Education; Group Discussion; Human Development; Human Relations; Literature Reviews; Mass Media; Parent Education; Public Affairs Education; Religious Education; Self Actualization; Self Concept; Sensitivity Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erwachsenwerden; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Gruppendiskussion; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Massenmedien; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Selbstkonzept; Sensitivitätstraining
Abstract	This report presents a review of research on group discussion as used in adult education within the context of the nature of man and in relation to his ultimate end of self-realization. The review considers (1) those factors involved in group discussion; (2) its broad purposes, for example, mutual education, affecting self-concept, and attitudes and interpersonal change; and (3) approaches to it, for example, the leadership role, nonmanipulative approaches, and human relations and sensitivity training. Discussion is also examined in the service of institutions--parent education, religious education, education for aging, and public affairs discussion. Discussion and the mass media are reviewed, that is, international uses, community education, and a recent scientific approach. Such pitfalls to be avoided as mechanistic values, educational chauvinism, intellectual elitism, and the tyranny of numbers are analyzed. The final chapter deals with the "Precipice of Infinity" in which the following topics are discussed: affective and intellectual self-actualization, and ideal discussion groups, and whether life itself is at stake. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01