In 2014, I enrolled in a doctoral program within the discipline of Public Health with the aspiration of conducting research on young children's wellbeing as they transition to school. In undertaking a systematic review of the literature on young children's health and wellbeing, it was evident that current conceptualizations of child wellbeing were…

My research was rooted in the concern that we who live in modern cultures are losing our sense of being part of nature, and that as our sense of connectedness diminishes, so too does our care for nature and our appreciation for its importance to our own well-being. Numerous studies have shown that contact with nature is important to our health.…

In 1999, I planned a part-time PhD study to examine the effects of early art education on cultural development in English schools for the blind. This study formed part of a larger grounded theory on the understanding and creation of what are thought to be the visual arts by blind adults and children. The main fieldwork for this study was conducted…

Photographs are presented of some of the winning entries in the 1980 Scholastic Art Awards program for high school students, sponsored by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. The objectives of the contest are discussed. (SJL)

Presents 13 winning photographs by secondary students participating in the annual Scholastic Photography Awards competition conducted by Scholastic Magazines, Inc., and sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company. Top winners receive scholarships. (SJL)

Bellevue West Senior High School in Bellevue, Nebraska hosts the National High School Postal Art Exhibition, accepting art products in the form of envelopes and postcards mailed in by high school students from around the nation. This descriptive article includes reproductions of several examples of students'"postal art." (SJL)

Describes Illinois' statewide art competition and exhibit, "Themes on a Great Idea," which is cosponsored by Container Corporation of America, the Springfield, Illinois community arts council, the Illinois Art Education Association, and the Illinois State Board of Education. Photographs of some student works illustrate the article. (SJL)

This classroom resource kit contains a presentation for 12 slides representing artworks found in the permanent collection of the J. B. Speed Art Museum (Kentucky), a teacher's manual, and an evaluation sheet. The printed document provides critical insight into the artworks and their historical era by investigating the materials and technical…

Abstract expressionism was the first art movement of international importance to have its roots in the United States. This movement stressed the role of art as a method of individual expression. Abstract expressionist paintings are usually non-representational and some elements of their production have been left to chance. Individual artist's…