THE VALUE OF GROUP EXPERIENCE IN THE NORMAL EDUCATIVE PROCESS

Abstract

Many articles have been written recently about the importance of the group and its value in providing a vehicle for personal adjustment. In most instances, the emphasis has been upon the role of the group in therapy and less note has been made of the powerful influence which the group plays in the normal maturation process of the individual. It would seem wise, in these times, when a person's existence depends upon survival in greatly expanded and infinitely complex group living, that educators analyze the value of group experiences in school, develop awareness of the group process as it applies to learned behavior, and provide the training which leaders need to utilize group experiences in the school and in the community.