“…The teachers rated themselves proficient on the (Average rating 5.00 or higher) General teacher-student communication skills Group discussion and group leadership skill Using effective discipline techniques Increasing cooperaive behavior in the classroom Increasing students' acceptance of themselves and others Establishing a climate of trust Teachers' own self-awareness Knowledge of self-esteem development and its interaction with Using reflective listening Increasing students' ability to solve problems and make decisions Increasing students' involvement in making classroom rules Specifically using nonpunitive discipline methods Helping students to increase self-control Helping students to learn acceptable outlets for strong emotion Ensuring adequate amounts of success for each student Integrating affective and cognitive learnings General counseling skills Understanding specil needs and psychological development of Summary of Teachers' Ratings of Skills and Concepts key skills, having good understanding of the key concepts, and in strong agreement with the key attitudes, both in general terms and in regard to almost all the specific items. This is particularly striking in view of teachers' rejection of affectively oriented roles (Allinsmith & Goethals, 1962;Koll & Bodine, 1977) and research suggesting that teachers are unsure of their ability to facilitiate affective growth (Hargrave & Hargrave, 1979;Schultz & Wolfe, 1973). Differences between the present study and one conducted by Schultz and Wolfe (1973) provide a possible explanation for the teachers' responses.…”