Internationally and nationally, government and educational policies prioritise wellbeing to support education. Social-emotional learning (SEL), a frequently used term for wellbeing in the United States of America (USA), comprises accrued skills enacted over time. This article presents the findings of an arts-based narrative inquiry exploring eight…

Project Upper Cumberland was a three year endeavor which served 16 Tennessee counties. The final report and evaluation, in three documents, summarizes the three innovative programs which it engendered: (1) teacher inservice training, emphasizing human relations; (2) a pilot cultural arts program (art, music, drama) for grades 1-12; and (3) a pilot…

Reminisces about challenges and events associated with setting up the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, the purpose of which was to evaluate strategies for making visual arts an academic and required school subject. Discusses the genesis of the Institute, programs offered, and outcomes, including Discipline-Based Art Education.…

Intended for professional personnel involved in the education of artistically talented students, the document presents a rationale; a selection of the most appropriate identification practices and options that involve professional resource people and school personnel; appropriate curriculum and instructional strategies for talented students at all…

Provided is information on the gifted and talented program for children K-6 in Juneau, Alaska, and included are steps in identification, program implementation, and evaluation. It is explained that the enrichment program is intended for students with high intellectual ability, creative or thinking skills, leadership ability, ability in the visual…

Evaluated is a 2 year project in Harrison School District 1, Arkansas, funded through Title III, to develop academic and/music based instructional materials in two resource rooms for learning disabled (LD), educationally disadvantaged, and mentally retarded children; and to integrate art and music with social studies in grades 1 through 6.…

Presenting four basic adventure education concepts as defined by Project Adventure (a Demonstrator/Developer Project within the National Diffusion Network and operating out of Massachusetts), this book describes a number of successful high school and middle high adventure programs. Major adventure education concepts are identified as: adventure…

The ultimate goal of the Navajo Adult Basic Education (NABE) program is to make the participants responsible parents so they may partake in community affairs and re-evaluate their own family affairs. The final report surveys the program's specific objectives and evaluates the year's progress toward achieving them. Major accomplishments of the…