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Gray, Dennis – Basic Education: Issues, Answers, and Facts, 1988
Proposing that Socratic seminars can lead to true educational reform, this article examines the use of these seminars to enlarge elementary and secondary students' understanding of ideas and to encourage instruction that is not restricted by established syllabi, courses, or examinations. Socratic discussion is lacking in most classrooms but should…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Bennett, Margie, Ed. – HANDS ON, 1986
A potpourri of activities from teachers working with elementary and middle school-aged children is featured in this journal issue. Regular features include an introductory letter, an article on elementary school activities, project updates, reviews, and announcements. The articles are as follows: (1) "Yesterday is local history to fourth…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Mitchell, Vicki L. – Innovation Abstracts, 1984
While researching the lives of well-known artists for a new unit in an art survey course, the instructor developed the idea of dressing in costume and presenting their lives in the first person. The primary goal of each lecture is to provide memorable information about the artist; a secondary goal is to integrate the social and political climate…
Descriptors: Acting, Art Education, Art History, Artists
Fiala, Barbara – Primary English Notes (P.E.N.), 1979
Based on the idea that drama infuses the classroom with activity, imagination, language, and powerful learning experiences, this journal offers commentary and suggestions on classroom drama practices at the elementary level. The first section argues that drama motivates self-active learning and promotes language development, learning across the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Dramatics, Creative Teaching
Download full textGreenberg, Ronald M., Ed. – Cultural Resource Management, 2000
This journal contains articles and materials to help teachers instruct students about U.S. historical and cultural heritage. Articles and teaching materials are: "History in the Hands of Tomorrow's Citizens" (C. D. Shull; B. M. Boland); "On-Site Learning--The Power of Historic Places" (J. O. Horton); "Visualizing…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness, Heritage Education, Historic Sites
Killoran, James, Ed. – ATSS/UFT Journal, 1985
The creative process of teaching is discussed. Teachers are artists because they employ creativity when they formulate, select, and organize their ideas into a medium which is called a lesson. This medium, in turn, is the means which provides a learning experience for others. There are eight articles. In the first article, "What is a Lesson?"…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Teaching, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Rawers, Lois J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1984
Profiled in this report are three Oregon first-grade teachers--the state's 1984 Teacher of the Year and two other finalists for that title. Distinguishing characteristics of the teaching approach of Jonelle Maurer of the Lincoln Elementary School in Grants Pass include phonics and group reading instruction, the use of activity centers, and a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
