The current study explores the efforts of one summer youth employment program to provide students with meaningful work experiences and the participants' perceptions of the meaningfulness of their work and its effect on their future orientation. Most of the students in the study were under the age of 18. The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) Summer…

In an increasingly multi-territorialized and interdependent world, people are getting more in touch with each other than ever before through many mass media services. This provides the possibility to overcome geographical boarders in order to build new relationships that foster mutual interests in economical and socio-cultural aspects from…

If the young people are to become effective participants in a democratic society, then social studies must be an essential part of the curriculum in the early childhood/elementary years. In a world that demands independent and cooperative problem solving to address complex social, economic, ethical, and personal concerns, the social studies are as…

The cultural institutions of New York City are among the most valuable of the city's many resources. Its museums, libraries, historic sites, environmental centers, zoos, botanic gardens, and cultural centers provide a wealth of educational opportunities. To ensure that the resources and programs of these cultural institutions are made easily…

Just as all perceptions are of figures differentiated from a larger background, a play takes place against the background of the audience's knowledge and feelings. While audience members generally bring to a performance a large body of background information--they evaluate the storyline, for example, using a lifetime of personal experience--at…

THE PROGRAM WAS ORGANIZED TO INTEGRATE DRAMATIC ARTS EXPERIENCES WITH THE REGULAR CURRICULUMS AS A MEANS OF HEIGHTENING THE CULTURAL AWARENESS OF STUDENTS AND OF MAKING THEM MORE PERCEPTIVE AND CRITICAL VIEWERS. THIS REPORT PREPARED BY AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE DESCRIBES (1) THE PROGRAM GOALS AND CONCEPTS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS, AND DIFFICULTIES…

THIS APPENDIX TO "THE CUE REPORT," ED 010 373, CONTAINS TEST FORMS FOR STUDENT AND TEACHER EVALUATION OF CUE, SAMPLE SEGMENTS OF VARIOUS MATERIALS PREPARED FOR CUE, AND NEWSLETTERS AND NEWS ARTICLES WHICH DESCRIBE CUE PROJECTS. CUE (CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ENRICHMENT) WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENRICH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES…

THE ADDITION OF A TEACHER-ASSISTANT (TA) PROVIDED A RICHER ENVIRONMENT AND CURRICULUM RESULTING IN A HIGH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY GAIN FOR THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED KINDERGARTENER. AFTER SIX ORIENTATION SESSIONS AND A WEEK OF OBERVATION, A TA WAS ASSIGNED AS A SECOND TEACHER TO ONE OF THREE MORNING AND THREE AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN SESSIONS AT THE THREE…

Reprints an article originally published in 1961. Describes the "culture crusade" at William Penn High School for Girls in midcity Philadelphia, part of Project WINGS, an overall program of educational incentive and motivation. Notes that over a 2-year period, more than 1,000 girls went on at least 1 cultural trip. (RS)

METHODS BY WHICH CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS CAN HELP TO ELIMINATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS STRESSED THAT CULTURE IS A SET OF VALUES, RATHER THAN A SERIES OF CONCEPTS. IF CULTURE IS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS MUST LIVE ITS VALUES. ATTENDING CONCERTS AND PLAYS IS NOT SUFFICIENT. ONLY IN THE BROAD SETTING OF A TOTAL…

A PROPOSAL FOR AN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR ACADEMICALLY TALENTED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF BOSTON IS PRESENTED. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ARE THAT THERE IS AND OBVIOUS AND PRESSING NEED TO GIVE EXTRA HELP TO THE ABLE STUDENT FROM A DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND, AND THAT A RELATIVELY BRIEF ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE FOR…

A part of the results of the evaluation of more than 50 federally funded ESEA Title I projects in Philadelphia, this volume reports on the evaluation of the cluster "Cultural, Affective, and Supportive Services." Projects in this cluster seek to provide children with additional activities and services that are designed to enrich their…

This report documents the support museums of all types from art, history and children's museums to science centers and zoos provide to the nation's education of K-12 school children for 2000/2001. It is the second systematic survey of the range and scale of educational activities that museums provide in partnership with the nation's K-12 schools.…

A New York television writer became a cultural consultant to Colby Community College (Kansas) for a month in a highly successful exchange program. (RN)