Results are reported from a study designed to determine the effectiveness of a 3-week interdisciplinary, multicultural art experience in changing children's attitudes about stereotyping or acceptance/rejection of people different from themselves. A total of 22 upper-elementary school-age children participated in the program. Subjects were…

This document consists of answers to questions on various aspects of world population. They are: What is the population of the world? How fast is the population of the world growing? When will the population of the world stop growing? Is the term "population explosion" accurate? Why did this sudden growth occur? Did people have more babies than…

Designed to provide a general assessment of the rapidly growing applied humanities movement in the United States, this report sets forth issues found to be central to an assessment of current work in the applied humanities, presents a general survey of the nature of applied work in a variety of disciplines, and offers conclusions and observations…

The impact of telecommunications on the development of interpersonal relationships has caused the traditional, centralized industrial management model--a highly rigid, top down, hierarchical communication system--to be replaced by a new decentralized communication model--a highly flexible, interdisciplinary network where people serve one another…

The Dahlem Environmental Education Center (Jackson, Michigan) has developed 14 environmental education field trip programs for students in preschool through fifth grades. These sequential, grade-specific programs help make the environment relevant to students by addressing human impact in the natural world and ecological principles at work in…

Composition instruction based on aims of discourse rather than on modes can help students understand the purpose and function behind their writing. Such an approach, developed by Caroline Eckhardt and David Stewart, offers four categories that cover most purposes for writing in academic or career settings: (1) to clarify what the subject is, (2)…

In establishing a framework for observing and interpreting the interplay among students accumulating knowledge, their intellectual growth, and their ability to express ideas in writing, it is useful to consider the major stage theories and analyze their place in student writing. In general, cognitive stage models describe logical and psychological…

Designed to assist instructors at Miami-Dade Community College in the implementation of a reading and writing across the curriculum effort, this resource book provides information and instructional materials to help in the design of writing and reading learning strategies for the classroom. The writing portion of the book begins with a statement…

In spring 1984, a study was conducted at Sacramento City College (SCC) to explore whether students' reading and study skills improved after participation in an "adjunct" skills course (i.e., a team-taught course which presents reading, writing, and study skills education within the context of a regular college course). The study focused on 38…

Articles are presented illuminating the effectiveness of cooperation between New Haven secondary school faculties and Yale University faculty working together at the Teachers Institute. The following articles are included: (1) "The Concept of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute: The Primacy of Teachers (James R. Vivian); (2) "Encounter…

Four full days of classroom instruction, devoted to the modeling of effective curriculum integration, were designed for preservice elementary school teachers. The unit was the result of a conviction on the part of teacher educators that children learn best when learning is not separated into forty-minute periods of math, social studies, language…

Futurum in Sweden is described here as a school that does not have any classrooms, there is nothing like a timetable, no school bells can be heard, the students do not have any school bags, and teachers are without desks. Futurum is a radically new school that merges creative architecture with modern learning and teaching methods. This article…

This article discusses how fiction can be used in college American history courses to explore the consciences of southerners before the Civil War. Among the books discussed are "Swallow Barn,""The Golden Christmas,""The Valley of Shenandoah,""The Kentuckian,""The Virginia Comedians,""The Master's House." (Author/RM)