Urges teachers and community leaders to come together to decide how schools can be "restructured in their core elements--grades, sports, teacher-pupil relations--to make them sources of ethical conduct rather than training grounds for cheating and coping with arbitrary authority". Also warns that early reading can suppress the creative…

The goals and activities of the Orff-Schulwerk Approach and the Kodaly Method of music therapy are described; and the usefulness of each approach to develop creativity, social development, and cognitive ability in normal, gifted, and handicapped elementary level students is discussed. (SBH)

Describes a project for fourth graders based on a book by Shel Silverstein. After the teacher read and discussed the book with the students, they acted out the story and wrote original versions. Next, a professional painted an impressionist painting of the story. Finally, the students made their own paintings. (CB)

An account of a workshop for Upward Bound students based on the study of human behavior, and aimed toward providing avenues for self-realization and self-understanding. A model for further units is suggested and references are provided for a described creativity unit. (Author/JB)

Results demonstrate that the Inventory of Dramatic Behavior Adapted for Group Observation (IDBG) is a valid and useful instrument for assessing the dramatic behavior of elementary school children. (PD)

Kellogg Elementary School in Hickory Corners, Michigan has developed a special program for gifted students which emphasizes a conceptual, or problem-solving, approach to art. This article outlines the program's objectives, activities, and its five teaching units. Part of a theme issue on art for special needs students. (SJL)

Children, ages 7 and 11, were asked to manipulate strips of cardboard into outlines of ideas and objects. Responses were categorized to show if novel configurations appeared and developed and if this phenomenon was a function of creative thinking as measured by Torrance's Figural Test, Form B. (Author/SJL)

Describes a number of nonnarrative films and suggests ways to use them to integrate media into subject areas, to teach production techniques, to critique films and other visual productions, and to develop good visual taste. (DD)

As a child develops, perceptions of the world and idea concepts change, but creative expression and innovative thinking can be encouraged by the teacher at each stage of the child's development. (JD)

A study examined the relationships among 109 children's creative performances in three domains and the relationships between those children's general creative thinking skills and their creative performances. Three case studies also examined domain-specificity of creativity. Results found considerable intra-individual variation in creativity…

Twenty-eight profoundly hearing-impaired children were exposed to either a traditional approach to art education or a curriculum designed to develop creative abilities. Following 12 weeks of classes, the experimental group of children, aged 8-10, showed significant improvement on flexibility and originality. (Author/JDD)

An elementary music education program designed to encourage creativity and cooperative learning was evaluated over a year with 42 experimental and 61 control fourth-grade students. Results indicated that the elementary music teachers involved were able to adapt cooperative-learning models which influenced students' creativity and attitudes toward…

One of a series of resource manuals written by participants in the University of North Dakota teacher education programs to help teachers develop more open and responsive classrooms, this booklet focuses on the teaching of creative drama. Following an introduction by Vito Perrone, the titles and authors of the articles are as follows: (1) "'They…

The article examines ways to differentiate the material used in a reading program for gifted students (birth to age 9). Suggested books are provided for the following categories that correspond to recognized characteristics of gifted children: vocabulary (quality retellings of folk tales, word play, poetry, satire, and nuances of language);…

The Children's Art Carnival (C.A.C) is a community arts organization founded in Harlem in 1969. The organization aims to improve the language skills of pupils with low academic achievement through intensive participation in creative arts activities. In 1983-84, the program served 305 second, third, and fourth graders from eight schools in…