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Vermont Alliance for Arts in Education, Montpelier. – 1982
A set of "creative competencies" provides a framework for assessing the extent to which local school environments contribute to the production of creative citizens. Following an introduction to rationale and organization of the Vermont Creativity Task Force, material is divided into five substantive sections. Section 1 pinpoints the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Creative Teaching
International Federation on Ageing, Washington, DC. – 1987
This guidebook provides information, exercises, and self-assessment instruments for training elderly people about the theory and practice of child care and development so that they can become caregivers in their homes or in community centers. The guide's eight units cover: (1) physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; (2)…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Boie, Mildred Louise, Comp. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
Democracy is more than a creed or a doctrine. It must be a continuing force in the daily thinking, working, and living of all our citizens. American schools and colleges can strengthen democracy by practicing it--by showing concretely the basic advantages it offers to human beings. It is in the homes and in the schools, in home towns and local…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Newspapers, Radio
Torrance, E. Paul; Goff, Kathy; Satterfield, Neil B. – 1998
This guide offers guidance for mentoring programs and relationships serving gifted and/or talented students from multicultural and/or disadvantaged environments. After an introductory chapter which defines the mentor concept, Chapter 2 considers the mentoring relationship, racial/cultural differences, characteristics of economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth