This paper argues that the ideas people hold about teaching literary genres are out-of-date, that fictions of the imagination have been taken over by the media, which turn everything into entertainment and do not allow reflection. Student narratives are suggested as a way of incorporating personal narrative as a literary genre in order to create…

This "occasional journal" contains a collection of articles regarding the supervision of student counselors, written from the viewpoint of both students and supervisors. The articles, written by graduate students, focus on such topics as the student's emotional reaction to supervision, the use of videotapes in counselor education and supervision,…

This book gives a general explanation of, and information about, the laws and how they work, and is written very simply and clearly with numerous examples and illustrations. It was written by students and staff in the eighth-grade social studies class of Miles City Junior High School, Montana, with the assistance and advice of members of the…

Visual sequences should be the first visual literacy exercises for reasons that are physio-psychological, semantic, and curricular. In infancy, vision is undifferentiated and undetailed. The number of details a child sees increases with age. Therefore, a series of pictures, rather than one photograph which tells a whole story, is more appropriate…

Methods used in teaching literature in a high school (Lawrence High School, Kansas) senior English course are described briefly. The first semester of the course in English literature is taught as a survey course, which is presented chronologically; thus the students' first experience with 19th century poetry is with the Romantics. It appears that…

Four new Project SOLO modules are presented here: Langragian Interpolation/Extrapolition, Optics, Chemistry (Laboratory Style), Chemistry (Boy/Girl Style). The latter program is a computer dating system which proved to be very popular with the high school students who developed it. (JY)

This document reviews the student-initiated program IMPACT, developed at Concordia Teachers College, Nebraska. The purpose of this volunteer program was to create opportunities for students to become involved with people and society in general as soon as they arrive on campus. A pattern of "withdrawal and return" is created. Students…

A project of the Montana Arts Council Poetry-in-the-Schools program, this book contains a selection of poems by elementary and secondary level students and discussions of the program by participating poets. The poems and discussions are divided into the following sections: "Open Window"; "In Light of Five Hours," by Ann…

Cassette and reel-to-reel audio systems used in class presentations offer opportunities for students to work cooperatively in planning and producing instructional programs. Audio systems can extend the vistas of the classroom and expand knowledge of issues and events. (CMV)

A creative exchange program between the art department and the creative writing and English department of two high schools is described. The creative writing class submitted their original poems to advanced art seminar students. The poems provided the foundation for an illustration assignment. Examples of the results are provided. (RM)

Intermediate grade students were asked to do a creative writing project based on Kier's painting "The Picnic." The approach they used to view the painting was one influenced by the aesthetic philosophy of Mikel Dufrenne. (RM)

As an alternative to traditional science projects, students in introductory organic and inorganic chemistry were given the opportunity to produce an "audiovisual" term paper. Rationale for the project, responses from student self-evaluation questionnaires, and comments on implementing the project (including cost and time factors) are…

The establishment of a minicourse of four three-hour sessions devoted to the examination and debate of selected ethical issues at Queen's University is described. Students chose topics for discussion and organized debates between faculty and community members. (Author/MLW)

Discusses research on representational pictures, which share physical resemblance with the concept the picture represents; analogical pictures, which convey a concept; and arbitrary pictures, or highly schematized visuals related logically to the things they represent. The contributions of each type to adult conceptual learning and learning from…

The experiences of college students enrolled as majors in elementary education in designing art appreciation activities for use in elementary classrooms are described. The college students had no art background. (RM)