Intended as a resource guide for persons who include such subjects as arts, crafts, dance, and music in programs for the handicapped, resources are listed for printed materials, audiovisual materials, resource persons and organizations, and material and equipment suppliers. Brief literature reviews sum up the state of the art in the specific art…

This illustrated booklet, designed for parents of preschool children, suggests informal learning activities which have the potential to enhance the social, emotional, cognitive, motor, and language development of preschool children. Three categories of games and activities are presented: (1) language games, (2) mathematical concept games, and (3)…

This reference directory offers information about 1,358 funding opportunities (scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships) open to Americans interested in research, creative, professional, or related activities abroad. Following an introduction describing the purpose and arrangement of the book, there are two main sections.…

Argues that children need play time to explore the world because it is valuable, irreplaceable, spontaneous, and provides situations where children can learn with all their senses. Examines play in terms of its role in exploration, imagination, creative activity, work, learning, knowledge expansion, art, and the culture of children. (Author/SD)

THREE PILOT PROJECTS WERE CONDUCTED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AND FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK, WITH ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PROJECTS IN BALTIMORE AND SAN DIEGO PROVIDED INSERVICE SEMINARS FOR MUSIC TEACHERS ALONG WITH PILOT CLASSES IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS. OBJECTIVES OF THESE TWO PROJECTS WERE…

The purpose of this teaching guide is to orient preschool teachers to the unique needs and abilities of the four-year-old child and to offer a suggested program of pre-kindergarten activities. Specific capabilities characteristic of the four-year-old are listed, followed by the scope of the preschool program in the areas of cognitive development,…

Noting that we are raising our children in a morally ambiguous world and we have to do more than just discipline them and hope for the best, this book is a manual for raising children who are emotionally and intellectually capable and confident, by means of play activities that imbue a sense of right and wrong. Each chapter of the manual begins…

This paper begins by examining various aspects of children's and young people's reading ability and the new media, including children's media use and ownership, as well as multicultural aspects. The way public libraries see their role in the teaching of media skills is then considered, including well-developed reading ability as a prerequisite of…

This book presents performance-based projects as a systematic way to provide middle school and high school students both the structure and the freedom to become actively engaged in their own learning. The approach is based on the concept of authentic learning, which advocates a relevant, real world experience to personally engage students in…

The second edition of this book provides the theoretical and practical foundation for a language development program in which all students become actively involved in communicating their high-level thoughts with exceptional competence. Preservice teachers vicariously enter 13 language arts classrooms in which they learn how the language arts are…

Although the concepts of "droit d'auteur" (author's right) and copyright derive from different traditions, they are nearly synonymous in that both protect original works of the mind against reproduction or representation made without consent of the author or the author's successors in title. Implications of the electronic age for both of…

Teachers frequently extend their activities beyond what is found in the text by expanding materials in the text or by creating a context for achieving their objectives for the course independent of the text. Teachers who extend beyond the text generally focus their attention on some important aspect of the total program: greater amounts of student…

The document is a sampling of lesson plans for career education in secondary academic subject areas, produced by North Dakota school personnel with the State board, for a vocational education exemplary project. It is a preliminary draft compiled for field-testing. Project objectives include: (1) preparing youth to cope with continued change in the…

A science fiction unit on space designed for secondary schools is described and advocated in this article. This experimental program, presented to 9th grade students at University High School, State University of Iowa, provides a highly imaginative experience in literature while raising unique philosophical and moral problems not found in other…

Describes interdisciplinary activities for teaching elementary science using eggs. Each activity is designed to introduce larger thematic units. Activities include making egg animals (study of animal survival), throwing raw eggs at taut vertical sheets and making cars for egg passengers (force and momentum), and making eggshell domes (dome…