Traditional houses are part of the culture of every country. Indonesia is a country that has a variety of traditional houses. The traditional Banyuwangi house is known as the "Using" house. This house can be explored in terms of ethnomathematics and used as part of learning mathematics. This research is focused on knowing and describing…

The aim of this article is to encourage a greater emphasis on creativity across and between varied fields of endeavour. It has been written to underline the interdisciplinary significance of creativity and the role of creativity in truly enhancing achievement. There is a reinvigorated awareness of the need for "big thinking", a global…

Assesses currently popular rationales for technology education. Expresses the conviction that technology education should develop not only skills and knowledge, but also moral perspective and social wisdom. Suggests that technology is closer to art than to science and math as a way of knowing. (SK)

The book contains 28 papers by a variety of authors who deal with technology and social change in foreign countries. The papers are presented under 13 headings: technology and social change in foreign cultures (two papers), technology and values (two papers), technological and social change in history (one paper), the arts and technology (two…

This is the 1974-75 progress report of Project Open at Cox Landing Junior High School in Cabell County, West Virginia. The first chapter contains a description of the Project Open concept and is followed, in chapter two, by a statement of purpose which declares that the project was established to create a uniform program in the fine and practical…

These papers grapple with the problems posed by the great advances in technology that have drastically changed the role of art in education. On the one hand, the visual arts welcome technological advances, since they provide opportunities for new kinds of expression. On the other hand, the growth of a technology characterized by impersonality and…

Evaluates the report "The Quiet Evolution: Changing the Face of Arts Education," which documents the results from the evaluation of the Regional Institute Grants. Examines the evaluation protocol. Asserts that the report should have addressed forward-looking reappraisals. Addresses the influence on arts education of emergent models of cultural and…

Describes the Columbus Arts and Education Consortium (Ohio) that is a collection of arts, education, and technology professionals who devised a distance-learning initiative and competed for an Ameritech grant. Presents the results from a survey on the consortium members' experiences. Suggests how corporate foundations might better utilize their…

Highlights the issues that have shaped the way arts education is being practiced in Australian schools; in particular, how arts education is viewed in a cross-curricular perspective and how the arts relate to the key competencies and vocational education. Recommends that educators advocate the contributions each of the arts make to student…

Traces the barrel in history through language, literature, poetry, music, art, and architecture. Includes examples and anecdotes of barrels in movies, television, and recreation. Illustrates the impact of the barrel on U.S. culture. Emphasizes that the importance of such an example of technology cannot be adequately measured. (DK)

The tri-dimensional mandate of the land-grant institution--to teach, to research, and to serve--finds a common meeting place at the New Mexico State University. The New Mexico State University has tri-cultural concerns arising from the special needs of the population that it serves. The age-old problem of water in an arid land, the new challenge…

Returns to the etymological root of technology to advocate broad interpretations of design technology features of the United Kingdom's, National Curriculum. Urges avoiding narrow applications of technical education. Favors nourishing right hemisphere talents to encourage student inventiveness. Stresses the importance of language and learning…

Academic advisors want to use all available data in helping a student select a major field of study. Recent research suggests that the identification of a student's basic philosophic viewpoint is one such piece of data that is not presently used. This study examined a random sample of college students (N=347) in order to determine the relationship…

The communication activities described in this guide for English as a second language students emphasize functional competence over passive knowledge and focus on verbal strategies which enable students to interact. Communicative competencies are highlighted through stress on developmental levels (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and…

This resource book contains descriptions of over 100 classroom activities designed to illustrate concepts relating to energy, its production, characteristics, use, and conservations. Each activity integrates the energy lesson into a concept that relates to one or more subject areas common to public school curricula. Many of the activities included…