The bulk of this report is a digest of "Coming to Our Senses: The Significance of the Arts in American Education," the 1976 product of the blue ribbon Arts, Education, and Americans Panel chaired by David Rockefeller, Jr. The chapters reproduced here concentrate on what is being done in art education in public elementary and secondary…

A teacher's guide and black line masters for student activity sheets for Hispanic cultural enrichment education are presented. Designed for students from elementary school through high school, the materials concern 12 short biographies of Americans of Hispanic descent. The subjects are successful contemporary personalities who have become famous…

DIRECTED TOWARD PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHERS, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AIMS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TALENTED YOUTH. ITS DIVISIONS INCLUDE BASIC REFERENCES, ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS FOR THE GIFTED, IDENTIFICATION OF THE GIFTED, LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE GIFTED, THE LEARNING PROCESS, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FOR THE GIFTED, MODERN…

Children will enjoy creative writing in the primary grades if they are given inspiration, time to write, and the opportunity to share their work with classmates. A second-grade class began a creative writing project by listening to poetry and selecting poems to memorize and recite. This stimulated and encouraged them to evaluate and to write…

This research project attempted to evaluate changes in the specific educational behaviors of 73 underachieving urban Negro children and 17 underachieving middle-class white children who participated in the 6-week Friends/Morgan (F/M) summer demonstration program in the arts. Training sessions on applied operant theory and environmental design were…

Choral speaking in the classroom can heighten students' appreciation of poetry and give them an opportunity to express emotion in groups rather than as individuals. For first attempts at choral speaking, material with a humorous or a ghostly flavor, a good strong rhythm, and a narrative line should be selected. Both the teacher and the students…

This language arts unit for second-graders emphasizes active participation to stimulate the pupils' interest in and ability to communicate imaginatively and effectively in both oral and written forms. Activities in creative drama, choric interpretation, film viewing, storytelling, pantomime, poetry reading, and music listening are recommended to…

Creative writing provides a healthy outlet for childrens' personal problems and feelings, often presents them with satisfying solutions to their psychological needs, and gives the students an important sense of success and personal accomplishment. Factors conducive to self-expression include stimulation of the student through the teacher's reading…

The values, selection, and presentation of literature for young children are described in this pamphlet. The values discussed are educational importance and self-concept and interpersonal relationship development. The selection criteria include defining a good book, identifying types of literature which appeal to children, and noting the level,…

A strictly literary study of drama can be misleading, but plays brought alive through dramatic activities and productions may be the most profitable core of the secondary-school humanities program. The practical study of drama requires the student's active imagination, self-discipline, creative and positive responses to situations, improvisation,…

The purpose of this paper is to look at the variety of coeducational housing which presently exists at 10 colleges and universities in the United States. Each of the 10 colleges is discussed individually, the physical arrangement explained and regulations and response to the program discussed. Advantages mentioned for coeducational housing…

Individually and in small groups, superior senior high school students in Belmont, Massachusetts, produced multimedia projects illustrating themes or moods through the synchronization of poems, original scripts, drawings, photographs, slides, and music. Projects ranged from a personal photographic interpretation of Delany's poem, "Solace," to…

Five pamphlets offer helpful ideas and instructions on teacher planning, learning environments, teaching with nature, a creative curriculum, and ideas for administrators in "The Idea Box," compiled by members of the Austin Association for the Education of Young Children. Each pamphlet contains useful information for working with young children.…

Computers can effectively promote learning, but only if they are used in ways which are consistent with the natural processes of learning. The analysis of several computer-assisted instructional (CAI) projects reveals that computer-related learning environments are most successful when they closely resemble the natural learning environment found…

This book is the text of an interview with the French film-maker, Jean Cocteau. It is the corrected edition, with a new introduction by George Amberg, of the English translation of the early 1950 conversation in French. Cocteau discusses the aesthetics, creative aspects, and production processes of his own films and films in general. His approach…