Most children require experience for effective environmental education and informational literature is not the most effective means. Uses stories to provide experiences in learning leading to inquiry in teaching and fostering the student imagination. Makes suggestions for the story selection process. (YDS)

As head of the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Chicago, John Dewey established an elementary school where a new curriculum could be put into practice, evaluated, and refined. This paper discusses how the activities of the school put Dewey's theories into practice generally, and particularly how they were applied to music education.…