The described learning module is for the use of teachers who develop creative tendencies in students. Content areas include exploration, classroom learning environment, individual instruction, student responsibility, and independent study. Information is provided on the scope and sequencing of topics, activities, and resources involved in use of…

The document provides art activities for the classroom teacher who is not an art specialist. It contains activities which supplement experiences provided by the art teacher as well as activities designed to measure the achievement level of students in concept skills related to art and the principles of design. The supplement is divided into three…

The MADD (music, art, dance, and drama) About Good Books program is a summer Arts Impact program for students in grades 3-6 offered by the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools. Conducted by two literature teachers, the 1975 summer program got under way as the children set the stage by constructing a large tree, for reading and chatting under, and…

After a brief historical review of the place of creativity in educational programs, this article argues that we are moving into a new phase in educational thinking about the role of creativity in education. Educational objectives now include many aspects of creative behavior. The use of textbooks, supplementary materials, tests, and training…

This booklet was written for elementary school teachers who want suggestions of the type of activities suited to a mathematics laboratory. The emphasis is not that of a thorough survey of the available activities. Instead, the author uses selected examples to describe the spirit of a laboratory environment. The suggestions include arrangements of…

A persistent problem confronting the teacher of the culturally different child is the need for finding learning materials that the child can relate to and utilize in his learning situation. The increasing availability of mass-produced learning materials for these children, although helpful, has not solved the problem of providing socioeconomically…

A close reading of "Improvisations for the Theater" and "I and Thou" will show that there is a common ground linking the games theory of Viola Spolin and the philosophy and religious teachings of Martin Buber. Relation, to Buber, is the direct and immediate response where two people share mutually with one another. It is this…

This book embodies the concept that the dynamic interplay of experiences and activities remains part of the child's functioning throughout life and that it is the role of adults to establish, where they can, the forms of activity in which children will engage. The chapters describe various contents for such activities and discuss how adults can…

Sets of illustrative instructional activities for teaching basic concepts to migrant children are contained in this handbook. Activities focus primarily on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts. Other concepts are introduced where they would facilitate instruction. The activities in this handbook are arranged in sequence, progressing from the use of…

This biography of Sergei M. Eisenstein records the life of this pioneering Soviet filmmaker and concentrates upon the events in Eisenstein's life which motivated him to create films in the methods he chose. A chapter is devoted to each of Eisenstein's major films. His creative techniques are explored along with his relationship with other major…

This first volume of a series on individualizing and humanizing the learning process is aimed at trainers of teachers and teachers in training and considers identifying and measuring intellectual and non-intellectual processes contributing to creativity. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of the teachers observations. New techniques are…

Contemporary media, including films, music, tape, and filmstrips, which are appropriate in religion classes and in value education are discussed. Reviews of 75 short films describe the film and in most cases also give discussion questions. Distributors and rental charges are included. Popular folk and rock songs pertinent to contemporary issues…

This essay is concerned with the revolutionary changes, both conscious and otherwise, in art values and functions that have been generated by the democratization of art education. The development of art education is considered from this perspective with particular focus on the areas of conflict. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the use of "creativity seminars" for releasing the creative senses necessary to language learning. (AM)