A good studio art program depends on a well-defined sequential curriculum, enough art materials to fit a diversity of talent, adequate time for instruction, sufficient space and support for curriculum development and innovation, informed administrators, and well-qualified, enthusiastic instructors. (Author)

A total career education program (for regular, academically advanced, and special elementary classes) is described and recommendations for program implementation and implications for replication in other settings are presented. It is explained that the program emphasizes such areas as decision making processes, self understanding, basic academic…

Described is the master's program in elementary education at West Chester State College (Pennsylvania), which is designed to implement the process of applying the theory and research in creativity to classroom practice. (SBH)

A program that combined the use of newspaper articles with strategies designed to help children identify values and select from among them was described. (Author/RK)

Details of a scope-and-sequence outline for problem solving in the elementary mathematics program of the Philadelphia School District are provided. The emphasis is seen to be on process rather than product. Information about the first 18 of 21 levels in the problem-solving strand is provided. (MP)

The framework for the sequential health education curriculum in the Armstrong-Ellis school district is the body's system. An outline is presented of the nutrition education component for grades 1 through 8. (MF)

Outlines a plan for teaching science in the elementary school. Includes nature study, mathematical activities, and processes of science. (MA)

Summarizes the background conditions and rationale for the creation of the Aesthetic Education Program of CEMREL, Inc., and reviews its activities and accomplishments since its inception. (Author/RK)

Provides recommendations for developing programs for gifted students. Describes the development of an operational talented and gifted program for elementary students in Connecticut, called Operation Mind Stretch. (MA)

The article describes a program for elementary age students at the Meeting Street School (North Kensington, Rhode Island) which was designed to help normal children understand what it means to be handicapped. (SBH)

Considers the setting of priorities for making decisions about school curriculum. Demonstrates how curricula in three schools reflect philosophies and priorities for learning which the schools have established. The evolution of elementary school curriculum is discussed in light of political, social and economic forces. Problems in setting future…

A brief description is presented of a curriculum offered in one school system that applies much of the available research on how children learn. Materials used, goals for instruction, concepts emphasized, and intellectual processes engaged in each of grades kindergarten through third are noted. (MP)

The development of a curriculum and scheme for mathematics instruction at one elementary school is described. (MP)

Argues that curriculum is not a list of objectives but a process of becoming, describing a cathedral museum curriculum project at Cathedral-Carmel Elementary School in Louisiana. Indicates that the project includes French, history, genealogical research, filmmaking, social studies, speech, and theology and offers a guide to understanding conflicts…

Claims one way to provide students with a powerful literacy is to structure an educational environment in which language is all encompassing. Describes the literacy program at Emerson Elementary Magnet School (Westerville, Ohio) as one such program. (NH)