Outlines stages of occupational burnout (enthusiasm, stagnation, frustration, apathy) and begins empirical assessment of burnout syndrome among librarians and other information professionals. Results of pilot survey conducted at one-day conference on reference service using two measures (Staff Burnout Scale for Health Professionals, projective…

Describes the method of creating cartoon strips with grade-school-aged children and its use as a counseling technique. Presents an excerpt from a case to illustrate its application. (BH)

Examines how painters and other artists who lived in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries learned to draw as children. Results supported the conventionalist view of how children learn to draw, i.e., most of the children learned to draw by copying directly from pictures. (RM)

This essay discusses 13 pictorial devices with which one must be familiar to understand the illustrations in Virginia Lee Burton's "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel." Color constancy, implied background, sharply drawn lines, abstractions of caricature, use of perspective, face on objects, and picture book narration are noted. (EJS)

"Ten pink toes and a belly zipper." Creating their very own monsters helps kids break creative barriers and control fears. (Editor)

This booklet is a representative collection of children's essays and drawings from "Father of the Year" contests sponsored by the National Center for Fathering and the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative. The materials have been selected from tens of thousands of entries received from communities across the nation. The essays are divided by grade…

This teacher's guide contains information, lesson plans, and diverse student learning activities focusing on aviation. The guide is divided into seven sections: (1) "Drawing Activities" (Airmail Art; Eyewitness; Kite Power); (2) "Geography" (U.S. Airports); (3) "Information" (Aviation Alphabet; Glossary; Four Forces…

Students created and drew sketches for each of the twelve months of the year, which were printed and sold to raise money for class and club activities. (GB)

Discusses the use of barrier designs as a way to study line as a source of movement. (GB)

Considered the enameling process, a craft by which students can produce sophisticated art works through elementary application of materials. (Author/RK)

Describes a crayon drawing technique in two parts. (GB)

Based on an analysis of the sex of the first drawn figure as the product of sexual identificatory ties and cultural attitudes toward the sexes, the hypothesis was confirmed that the more positive contemporary values assigned to the female role occur in a greater percentage of girls now than previously. (Author/KM)

The WAYTE figure drawing technique was used to elicit self-perceptions from students and these findings were evaluated. (RK)

Outlines several approaches for planning art activities for elementary school children. (GB)

An inexpensive process for developing student creativity. ( )