Effects of Human Relations Training on Education Students

Abstract

AbstractSixty-seven preservice teachers were randomly assigned to a group approach to human relations training (HRT), a traditional approach to HRT, or a control group. The group approach was especially designed to develop group cohesiveness through structural exercise. The traditional approach followed the typical Carkhuff model (1969). Outcome measures were responses on empathic responding, attitude toward self as teacher, attitude toward the ideal teacher, and locus of control. Both the group and the traditional approaches had greater scores on empathic responding and the group approach scores were greater than the traditional ones. Further, both approaches had greater scores on preservice teachers’ attitudes toward themselves as teachers and the ideal teacher. No differences among the three groups were found for scores on locus of control.