Discusses the development of the Canadian Heritage Writing Competition and the opportunities it has offered young Canadian writers. (AEA)

Argues that media literacy should become a part of the elementary school curriculum, and provides ways of integrating media studies into the elementary curriculum. Provides a critical framework through which teachers might carry out such an integration, and illustrates the model with the actual success of a particular pilot program. (HB)

Outlines a program in journal writing and self-assessment for college students. (AEA)

Uses the provocative metaphor of becoming a nudist to illustrate that teachers should write, and share their writing, with their students. Describes a program in which student teachers spent six weeks in class and seven weeks in student teaching and were required to keep journals in which they reflected on what they had learned. (PA)