This article presents song activities that incorporate music and math into group time. In the version of "I Caught a Fish Alive," children are introduced to simple addition and subtraction activity.

Many elementary vocal teachers experience a certain amount of trepidation about teaching students to sing in harmony. In the general music classroom, they face uncertain singers, inaccurate singers, and uninterested or defiant singers, as well as eager children who sing with appropriate head tone and good intonation. Often this colorful mix makes…

The author describes how he used to teach a unit on food webs and ecosystems using actual food webs as models. However, the models used by the author tend to be either too simplistic or too complicated for his students. A few years ago, he solved these problems by making up his own food web, complete with invented plants and animals. The model has…

This article discusses and describes how to use film as a creative, powerful, and effective technique for teaching social work with older adults at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of education. An analysis of student responses about the effectiveness of this teaching pedagogy is presented. The findings support the idea of using film as…

Mathematics is both a beautiful language and the simplest systematic discipline men ever created. The simplicity of mathematical concepts almost guarantees that the facts it establishes about those concepts will also be elemental. Despite this simplicity, most people complain about the difficulty of mastering the subject and shun the study of…

In this article, the author describes how four seasoned Chicago educators keep their teaching fresh. He learned that none of them do quite the same thing in the classroom twice, and none teaches like the other. They do, however, have one key trait in common: they are self-propelled. Their best source of professional development is not a mandated…

Discusses ways in which teachers can establish an atmosphere which will foster the creative use of language among their students. (PM)

College classrooms are rich in experiences from which students can learn about their own interpersonal interactions. (HMD)

This book, which concerns the teaching of English, is composed of two parts. Part One--The Imaginative Faculty contains the following chapters: 1. "The First Year: The Rediscovery of the Familiar"; 2. "The Second and Third Years: The Growth of Consciousness"; 3. "The Final Stage: Imagination and Morality"; and 4. "The Dramatic Experience." Part…

Using the nine traits of creativity suggested by Guilford and illustrated in tests of creative thinking by Torrance, high school teachers of varied subjects developed teaching strategies. Both students and teachers learned more about creativity by confronting the unknow future, predicting from limited data, and writing stories using fantasy.…

Discusses and gives illustrations of how to use comic books to teach history. Explores the historical background of comic books and includes detailed procedures for helping students develop their own history comics. Praises this approach as a way to enliven secondary social studies and motivate students. (GEA)

Offers a rationale and methods for implementing a coaching program in day care centers. Defines coaching as staff training that focuses on teachers changing and extending their ideas and skills of teaching through technical support and encouragement from fellow teachers. (RWB)

Presents a case for a curriculum that implies comparisons and contrasts, multiple meanings, multiple interpretations, and expressive objectives. Discusses the creation of Individual Aesthetic Pages (IAPs), using the arts to evoke creative responses and meanings from students. (FL)

Scavenger hunts, collecting bottle caps, observing shadows, and other outdoor activities can be developed into a mathematics unit that motivates students to acquire basic mathematical skills. A variety of natural ways to collect data are offered to help foster learning. (DF)

Offers suggestions for teaching and resources for bringing the works of Shakespeare successfully to students of today. (CRH)