In part a rebuttal to an editorial written by Ronald Regan which appeared in the "Denver Post" stating that English teachers should go "back to the basics," this paper argues that rules without reason, drills without meanings, and writing and reading without imagination are mechanical exercises without expression of self. What English teachers…

This study explores a student-centered alternative to current objectives and procedures in secondary English. Chapter one argues that current school practices do not meet special needs of children and society in complex human problem solving, and chapter two asserts that traditional English teaching often thwarts creativity and intensifies social…

Simulation seems to give at least a partial methodological answer to the pragmatic concept of learning by experience (and to the rising cry for social relevance in school curricula). Expecting, in the years ahead, increasing practices of various simulation techniques in classroom situations, there is need to re-examine some basic assumptions of…

Examines the objectives of a 16-week course on how a professor can determine the degree to which traits of creativity have been developed in students. Also tests for creative thinking are evaluated. (Author/RK)

Because they are such effective teaching resources, puppets are an economical and exciting resource for increasing numbers of teachers involved in courses on death education. Puppets help students overcome emotional problems, and, since death is a traumatic area to explore, they provide opportunities to work through social situations not yet…

The start of any new year requires resolutions. Authors list ten which will lead to creative teaching and present several ways to act on them. (Editor/RK)

The contributions of major avant-garde innovators, e.g., Cizek, Jaques-Dalcroze, Laban, Lowenfeld, Orff, Kodaly, and Mearns, who worked to establish the creative process as an important means of human education are discussed. (RM)

Argues that in order to revitalize foreign language learning, language teachers must make every classroom a place where students can mold their personal tastes or apply the language to their own background and interests. Argues that language learning has a humanistic value in and of itself. (SED)

Teachers can integrate computer use with regular classroom activities to motivate children and to help build self-esteem. Through creative teaching, the computerized classroom becomes a place where children develop problem-solving skills and learn to work together. (DF)

Discusses techniques and learning activities to be used in the English as a second language classroom. These include fictionary, phonework, a group project in writing using simulation, student surveys, and planning a party. (SED)

Examines the process of creative teaching from a feminist aesthetic viewpoint. Sees artistic growth as related to personal growth, and the learning processes of teacher and student as related. Examines commonalities and conflicts of art making and art teaching and offers potential solutions for the conflicts. (Author/CMG)

The great educational value of projects is emphasized by contrasting negative aspects of the life of today's children with the goals of project work. This is illustrated by a project "Shopping." It is shown what children are learning in such projects and what the advantages of project work are. Relevant topic areas, criteria for selecting a…

This book offers countless practical ideas for student activities in the areas of literature, reading, writing, and thematic units, from the exploration of ghostly themes, to the writing of resumes for heroes, to devising yearbook entries or Web pages for famous literary characters. The book provides the middle school or secondary school classroom…

Believing that the human condition is intrinsically bound with the aesthetic experience of man, and that composition in its many art forms is very much a part of a child's life, the author urges teachers to search for and find ways of providing children with opportunities that call on their idiosyncratic and aesthetic use of the written word.…

Contends that a well-done graphics program, with much of the work designed and/or executed by the students, makes students feel that the school belongs to them. Describes a trial graphics program to turn a dark, dreary basement space into a live learning place at an elementary school in Chicago. Offers suggestions for imaginative symbols for…