The goal of this thesis was to present an overview of the cultural journalism program, the mechanics involved, and an example of the actual work produced by high school students as their marketable product. This examination of the "Foxfire" method has not been confined to this thesis alone, for it has proven to be the foundation of a…

Definitions and discussions of the terms hypermedia and multimedia are followed by discussions of three different ways in which schools are using multimedia: multimedia produced by publishers for use in elementary and secondary classes; teacher developed multimedia and hypermedia for use with students; and student created multimedia compositions.…

A highly successful student developed magazine, "Foxfire" has inspired the development of some 30 other student magazines which emphasize, as "Foxfire" has, the local environment. (JC)

Presents one approach to helping students comprehend the subject of bioenergetics in the form of having students write and present a four act play about cellular metabolism and its significance in the production of energy. Key words required to be used in the play are listed and the script of one student play is included. (PB)

Describes the planning and implementation of a fundamental college chemistry course for non-science majors. The course was planned and taught by undergraduate chemistry majors. (MLH)

The progress and achievements are detailed of three sites that implemented a modified Foxfire approach (a community-based experiential learning model invloving students in community research, interviewing, writing, publishing, and marketing their own magazine). Handicapped high schoolers interviewed and photographed successful handicapped adults,…

Community nutritionists and educators assisted a local television station in developing public service announcements on nutrition. A children's TV program and workshop were used to create materials used in the public service announcements. (Editor/JR)

This article describes how to assemble inquiry-oriented, materials-centered, multimedia unit packages to be prepared by elementary education students for use in student teaching. (PD)

Describes an iron-thionine photogalvanic cell designed, constructed and tested by a secondary school student. (PB)

Includes comments by Edgar Z. Friedenberg, Ted Gordon, Arnold Salisbury, J. Lloyd Trump, and Robert J. Havighurst. Reprinted from the New York Times Magazine (1969).

This booklet contains ideas on how to save children's writings and suggests various methods of collecting and displaying them. The first section discusses children as writers and argues that most writing can be the result of personal and classroom or school related experiences when children are free to express their own ideas in relation to their…

The document is a compilation of occupational information obtained by business teachers in a university extension course during field visits to businesses, industries, and service agencies in the Chicago suburban area. Each individual or group of student reporters present information on organizations that are representative of each of the 15…