Describes the development and implementation of a day care center for children of the nursing and technical staff employed at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. (RH)

Describes a program designed to help artistically gifted children (1) identify with the world of art, artists, and art making; (2) develop their artistic gifts and talents; (3) contend with a sense of isolation; (4) develop confidence in their creativity; and (5) develop the ability to work independently. (Author/MP)

Examines arguments for and against the professional school concept. Presents a professional school model master plan for Texas colleges of engineering. Guidelines and the curriculum at Texas A&M for the doctor of engineering program are examined. (CS)

Reports on the third annual Haystack Teacher/Crafts Institute, an intensive week-long session cosponsored by the Maine Art Education Association and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The intent of the workshop is to promote renewal among the participants in their dual roles as teachers and artists. (SJL)

Describes an environmental-based staff development program which supports and works with teachers to improve their instructional programs through more and better use of natural, social, and built environments. Includes principles central to the program's approach and program's four major steps (initial training; pre-planning sessions; full-day…

Describes Duluth, Minnesota's interdisciplinary program, Project BASIC, which incorporates five major art forms into the elementary curriculum. Schools employ artists-in-residence and in-service training to expand teacher use of arts in the classroom. Results of a research study to measure gains in self-concept and creativity are included. (AM)

Discusses the problem of hypothermia and specific factors that put older adults at risk. Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an educationally oriented prevention program. Data suggested the information presented through community education was effective. (Author/JAC)

Describes the implementation of a collaborative discharge planning program for a chronic psychiatric population. Emphasizes the importance of good communication between patient and professionals. Presents a case example. Findings suggest more substantial involvement of patients in after-care programs is needed. (Author/JAC)

Presents preliminary findings of a pilot program for college students with learning disabilities indicating that such students can successfully complete college degree programs when they are given individualized instruction. (FL)

Describes Nigeria's efforts to develop a program of free education and emphasizes the problems encountered in this endeavor. (FL)

The author traces developments in further education, training, and employment for young people with special educational needs in England. (SW)

Describes a program designed by a practicing inventor to systematically teach gifted and talented elementary school students how to be inventive. Examples of typical student inventions and an appendix listing steps or keys in inventing are included. (Author/RH)

Describes the use of seminar programs called convocations that offer gifted disadvantaged and culturally different students the opportunity to study scientific issues in-depth and to do creative work by proposing solutions to real problems. Related research and a pilot convocation involving sixth- and seventh-grade students are discussed.…

Describes Cuba's literacy crusade of 1961 and provides examples of materials and methods used. (AEA)

Describes the phonic/analytic/syntactic method used for teaching reading in grades one through four in Cuba. (AEA)