Author suggests that variations in the functioning of imagination result in variations in mental aptitudes and expressions and expressions, and these variations serve as a guide, according to which the scope of an individual mind may be recognized. (Author/RK)

Teaching strategies intended to foster imagination and affective learning are discussed including sensitizing children to linguistic imagery, involving students in the learning experience, using visual arts like sculpture and painting to stimulate creative thinking, and stimulating appreciation of nonverbal expression through color and light…

A paper presented at Opening General Session of annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 26, 1970); appears also in College English," vol. 32, no. 5 (February 1971), pp. 563-72, and in English Journal," vol. 60, no. 2 (February 1971), pp. 189-98. (Editor/SW)

A paper presented at Opening General Session of annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 26, 1970); appears also in College English," vol. 32, no. 5 (February 1971), pp. 563-72, and in Elementary English," vol. 48, no. 4 (April 1971), pp. 170-78. (Editor/SW)

A paper presented at Opening General Session of annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 26, 1970); appears also in English Journal," vol. 60, no. 2 (February 1971), pp. 189-98, and in Elementary English," vol. 48, no. 4 (April 1971), pp. 170-78. (Editor/SW)

The inaugural address of the president of the National Council of Teachers of English, delivered at annual convention of NCTE (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (SW)

The inaugural address of the President of the National Council of Teachers of English presented at annual convention of NCTE (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969); appears also in "Elementary English," vol. 47, no. 4 (April 1970), 467-74. (SW)

Modern disillusionment with rationalistic and mechanistic creeds increases the relevance of the thought of Giambattista Vico, an eighteenth century thinker. Vico's "New Science" dealt with the origins of human consciousness and society, and with the development of human nature, knowledge, and institutions in ways that anticipate modern…

A long-term, phased class project in which groups of students planned, created, and taped a multiple-episode soap opera/travelog is described as an example of the potential for using students' creativity more fully. Students created a central character, itinerary, and script using the unusual or exotic throughout. (MSE)

Proposes the iii system as a theory to clarify how creative drama works. Explains how participants in an arts experience go through an internal process (iii system) of image, imagery, and imagination. Notes that those who experience the richest, most varied drama activity seem to complete this process. (PD)