The role of education in the art museum has taken on new dimensions as their education departments are faced with a broader and larger public audience than ever before. This paper documents education practice at a contemporary art museum. The paper delineates an interpretive inquiry through which a group of museum educators sought to understand…

This annotated bibliography about Kwanzaa, an end-of-the-year holiday that emphasizes an appreciation for the culture of African Americans, aims to provide ready access to information for classroom teachers. Noting that Kwanzaa (celebrated from December 26 to January 1) is an important cultural event, the bibliography states that the festival…

Aesthetic value enhances personal and professional lives and contributes to people's environment. If one defines the aesthetic sense as the faculty that enables one to modify the quality of his or her environment, then it follows that aesthetic education should be a means to achieve this end. In order for that to happen, there must be changes both…

This paper defines ethnomathematics and reviews the methods used to incorporate this philosophy into the current teaching of mathematics. Ethnomathematics rejects inequity, arrogance, and bigotry while challenging the Eurocentric bias that denies the mathematical contributions and rigor of other cultures. A review of the literature shows that the…

This teaching guide packet is designed to be used with the television documentary "Fooling with Words" hosted by Bill Moyers featuring the 1998 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, during which thousands of people gathered for four days to listen to, read, discuss, and celebrate contemporary poetry. The packet can be used in arts and…

Discusses the raionale for bilingual education and for ethnic studies in a culturally pluralistic society. (SB)

Painting and poetry are analyzed to exemplify education of the variety represented by the humanities movement, education which is designed to help people live rather than to merely earn a living. (Author/KM)

Views the arts as sharing basic concepts central to aesthetic experience. Encourages aesthetic education in order to humanize character. (DS)

Outlines the extensive cultural activities and community services which have been promoted in Finland for one hundred years. (GB)

The concept of culture is discussed, its biological, sociological, and aesthetic connotations, along with educational objectives of developing: (1) an awareness of diversity of cultures, (2) a respect for persons, and (3) a critical ability to appreciate one's own culture as well as that of others. (JB)

Proposes seminar on ethnomusicology as a reference for studying world music. (DS)

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

Excerpts from questionnaire sent in preparation for the World Conference on Adult Education to all member states of Unesco and to international nongovernmental organizations. (MB)