Bringing Out the Best in Human Effectiveness: Lessons for Educators From an Upward Bound Project [Paperback]

Bringing Out the Best in Human Effectivenesswill 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. Federally funded Upward Bound programs offer academic instruction, individual tutoring, and counseling for low-income, disadvantaged high school students. This study examines what the program meant and continues to mean to participants. It is this meaning that provides context for important lessons in transformative teaching and learning. This is the long-untold story of participant observers and the lessons they learned about the kind of teaching and learning that changes lives.

Erskine S. Dottinis 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 Steenis a Finance Manager in Miami-Dade County, Florida and State Legislative Coordinator of the Non-Commission Officer Association, Washington, D.C.
Denise Samuelis a Property Accountant for Champion International, Florida.

Chapter 1 Dedication
Chapter 2 Contents
Chapter 3 Foreword
Chapter 4 Preface
Chapter 5 Acknowledgments
Chapter 6 Introduction
Chapter 7Human Phenomena: Understanding Human Phenomena; The Individual and the World; The Individual as Social Being
Chapter 8The Contextual Setting: Past Context of Experience; Program Vision; Means-Ends Connections
Chapter 9Reconstructing the Experience Within Humanistic Educational Contexts: Program Realities/Obstacles: The Upward Bound Project Phenomenon; Program Realities: Wheels in the Head; Program Learning: Being a Subject and Not an Object; Program Learning: Acq
Chapter 10Reflecting on the Experience: Lessons for Educators and Other Helping Professionals: Drawing Valid Inferences From a Case Study; Lessons for Educators;lsY