Describes the rationale for implementing and continuing artists/writers-in-the-schools programs. Emphasizes the lifelong value of creative expression and imagination. (RL)

Expressive activities are suggested to help teachers understand the underlying emotional problems of learning-disabled children. Activities include the teacher-made questionnaire, the sentence completion exercise, the student-made autobiography, and student drawings of self and family. (DB)

Suggests that if students are to become comfortable enough with poetry to freely write about it, they must first discover the poetry in themselves. Offers a composition-poetry method that allows students to experience poetry, analyze their writing processes, and synthesize all the information gained from doing and analyzing. (MS)

Argues that learners need to know that their teacher values their knowledge and respects their individual ways of constructing meaning, and that such a classroom environment will cultivate students' intrinsic motivation and connect it with their literacy learning. Offers suggestions to nurture students' intrinsic motivation for literacy learning…

This elementary and secondary drama guide contains activities to help teachers make drama more creative and more imaginative and rich for students so that they will have a rich appreciation of and taste for the theatre when they grow up. The many and varied activities described are first categorized into three main areas: awareness, interaction,…

Asserts that literacy can be seen as a dramatic set. Shows how this conceptualization makes sense of the central concerns of language programs and provides an explicit means for developing literacy. Notes that drama activities provide experiences across many linguistic registers. (RL)

This book presents a view of the place of drama in foreign language teaching with the intent that student motivation for learning a foreign language can be activated through the use of a number of activities grouped under the heading of "drama." Drama here is defined as any activity which asks the student to portray self or another person in an…

Describes the teaching-upbringing complex (UVK), a new type of Soviet school that attempts to deal with raising and educating children in an integrated manner. Stresses combining required subjects with students' special interests to encourage student achievement and teacher involvement. Concentrates on the development of self-expression and…

Argues that student creative writing is stimulated by painting and other visual art. Describes a seven-step process in which students view painting and other visual arts and then write poetry. Includes suggested artworks and excerpts of poetry written by students. (CFR)

Second language learning in small groups with creative student-centered activities is discussed. A rationale for teaching for communication is offered, along with classroom management procedures that encourage communication in the target language and some communication activities that have been successfully implemented in the classroom. Three…

The guide presents a rationale, objectives, activities, and resource lists for incorporating dance into elementary and secondary curricula. Dance gives students an opportunity for creativity and self-expression, even if they are physically or mentally handicapped. Types of dance include creative, folk, square, ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and…

This inservice manual provides guidelines to help elementary, secondary, and adult education teachers select, use, and design simulation experiences for consumer education. Four example simulations provide students with opportunities to develop decision-making skills as consumers. Simulations may be used as an introductory, developmental, or…