This issue serves as a package of information for foreigners about Finnish science and culture and about international cooperation in these fields. It contains a speech on security and cooperation in Europe and articles on the university in an international world, the Academy of Finland, information activity in cultural studies, and activities of…

Children communicated with a boy in Peru and learned to improve their language arts skills, to speak Spanish, and to understand the life of one not so furtunate as themselves. (RK)

Urges need to create public school art programs to provide cultural enrichment for students. (DS)

Earlier draft of this paper prepared with the fellowship support of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and a grant from the National Science Foundation, and distributed as Working Paper No. 39, Language-Behavior Research Laboratory (March 1971). (VM)

Describes eligibility requirements for a federal grant to set up bilingual education programs in school districts having a substantial number of children belonging to ethic groups, and who need instruction in their native language and culture. Means of planning a proposal and carrying out its provisions are discussed and several samplings of…

Author discusses the importance and challenges of aesthetic education. (MB)

Establishes the need for more research in Indian drama and theatre. Describes curricular structure available to prepare to meet that need, defines areas of high potential for graduate research, and mentions resources that can aid the scholar. (RB)

Social studies instruction dealing with Negro history should emphasize a positive approach to Negro problems. (CK)

Investigates effects of a specific method of art instruction designed to increase the individual's ability to handle visual complexity and detail. Implications of findings for art education are also discussed. ( MG)

The Canada Council was set up by Parliament in 1957 for the encouragement of the arts, humanities and social sciences in Canada. (Author)

In light of the fact that young Americans spend hundreds of dollars each year on the arts yet have little training in developing critical skills, this writer outlines what must be done in school arts programs to educate culture consumers. (Author/JM)

Freedom Schooling is an educational concept that refers to the new relationship or partnership between the federal government and local school districts to introduce alternative educational practices, programs, and structures into American public elementary and secondary education. (JMF)

Discusses how the elements of ritual may be exploited to provide optimal learning experiences not only for young people but also for teachers. Describes the evocation of a framed liminoid experience (an experience of flow framed by components of a ritual process) in the context of a castle excursion for university students. (PA)

Describes the origins and characteristics of six southern dialects: (1) South Midland; (2) Florida Cracker; (3) Gullah; (4) Southern Black Dialect; (5) Acadian French; and (6) Cajun English. Suggests books representative of each that can be used to introduce these dialects to elementary children. (NH)