Eighth-grade students normally turned off by poetry became enthusiastic and skilled writers of the cinquain, haiku, tanka and Korean sijo forms after teacher explained their structure and showed films for inspiration. (PD)

Accumulating evidence suggested that during the first 3 years a child needs a certain amount and quality of experience for an optimal rate of intellectual development. (Author)

Describes a number of educational and cultural enrichment programs, including some that provide classes in computer and science-oriented courses, designed to supplement and expand upon what urban students learn in public schools. Provides addresses of programs in several cities. (AOS)

Since small children are more sophisticated readers of images than of words, pictorial reproductions represent an important means of bringing the visual thinking of the world's best artists to the attention of children. The use of pictorial images represents a solution to the teaching problems of gaining students' attention, interest, and…

An exchange program allowing American students to do their supervised teaching in English schools is described. (JMF)

Movement programs have the potential to make a significant contribution to the goals of aesthetic education. Movement professionals must be prepared to articulate and to demonstrate physical education's contributions towards the realization of these goals. (CJ)

Multicultural art education is of value for everyone in our society. Describes the Arts in a Multicultural Society project which exemplifies this position and attempts to move from a study of issues and problems involved in multicultural education to the practical use of a method of teacher preparation that includes an in-depth application of art,…

Explains the roots and meaning of Kwanzaa and discusses this holiday in terms of its multicultural efforts, claims regarding the importance of ethnic identity, and its commercialization. It explores Kwanzaa as a middle-class phenomenon, its effects on multiculturalism in the public schools, and whether it is a positive step for blacks or is simply…

Describes the efforts of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to foster active student and community participation with its arts resources and cultural offerings. The Trust provides family/school programs, teacher partnerships, cultural enticements, community enrichment, and a comprehensive arts education. (YKH)

Reviews goals and strategies for teaching critical thinking in the fine arts. Describes objective and nonobjective elements in the arts and discusses the role of critical thinking in the arts classroom, suggesting that value judgments must be based on appropriate intellectual standards. Highlights strategies for applying critical thinking in the…

Fourth in a series, the annotated bibliographies in this collection were compiled by students in the Traditional Literature and Oral Narration class at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. These bibliographies are designed to make information about specific topics in traditional literature easily accessible…

The landmark 1977 report of the Arts, Education and Americans Panel entitled "Coming to Our Senses," contained recommendations for the future of arts education in the United States. The volume described here, written by a researcher involved in the first study, attempts to show the state of arts education as it was in 1977 and as it is today. The…

This teacher's guide of supplemental cultural materials includes descriptions of major celebrations and cultural activities of the German people. The text includes songs, poems, and stories about the New Year, carnival, springtime, Easter, fall festivals, and Christmas, as well as a traditional German wedding. (TR)

The object of this study was to decode the expressive symbol systems attached to broadcasting in the 1920s and to come to an understanding of the significance of the new technology by exploring the utopian dimensions which were tacitly held by the market model, and expressed in a variety of ways by the men and women who were connected in some way…