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Nodelman, Perry M. – Children's Literature in Education, 1977
Uses a literary analysis of "The Golden Bird," a Grimm Brothers fairy tale, to show how an investigation of the literary qualities of fairy tales can reveal what the artistry of such tales consists of. (GT)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
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Ellis, James I. – Educational Review, 1977
This research was concerned with a further exploration of the adolescent's capacity to think in formal terms about the consequences of suddenly changed circumstances depicted in literature. Implications for classroom learning are considered. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Characterization, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
Brandon, Thomas – Journal of the University Film Association, 1978
Ninety-eight articles from the five issues of "Experimental Cinema" are annotated. The magazine appeared from 1930 to 1933 and is credited with stimulating the emergence of world cinema culture in the United States, while demonstrating perceptions of working class interests and even revolutionary projections. (JMF)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Film Criticism, Film Production, Film Study
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Wheeless, Lawrence R. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Reexamines the conceptualization, measurement, and relationships among trust, disclosure and interpersonal solidarity. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
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Hoeveler, Diane Long – Black American Literature Forum, 1978
Shows that the pervasive violence toward women in Richard Wright's fiction is caused by the irreconcilable oedipal dilemmas that afflict his heroes. (GW)
Descriptors: Black Literature, Black Mothers, Characterization, Females
Rozenberg, N. – Soviet Education, 1977
Analyzes textbooks currently in use in secondary level vocational training courses in the Soviet Union. Recommendations for textbook improvement call for research by educators, scientists, and publishers on problems of writing textbooks for vocational technical schools. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Literature Reviews
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Kellogg, Richard L. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1978
Presents a problem-solving model comprised of nine generalizations derived from the methods and principles which guided the investigations of the fictional London detective, Sherlock Holmes. (EM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Fiction
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Fontenot, Chester J. – Black American Literature Forum, 1978
Discusses the ways in which Ishmael Reed uses black American folklore, black American language, traditional African religion, and African myths as poetic materials from which he develops artistic forms. (GW)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black History, Black Literature, Folk Culture
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Bailey, Jack S. – Hispania, 1977
This paper suggests guidelines for poetry study. Studying unfamiliar vocabulary, allusions and surface and underlying meaning are the general steps, followed by specific questioning regarding poem genre, rhyme, meter, imagery and content, for an overall evaluation. (CHK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Imagery, Language Instruction, Language Rhythm
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Kolb, Harold H., Jr. – College English, 1978
Chronicles the development of an English doctoral program which emphasized both literary study and the teaching of reading and writing. (DD)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, English Curriculum, English Education, Higher Education
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Murray, Hugh T., Jr. – Phylon, 1977
Discusses literary representations of Scottsboro. Notes that "the content of the extensive literature of Scottsboro changed dramatically, reflecting the radicalism of the 1930's, the cold-war liberalism of the 1950's, and the vacillations of the late 1960's early 70's. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black History, Black Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary History
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Browne, Joseph – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1975
Notes that throughout Irish history, the Irish man is persistently degraded and emasculated by poverty and political suppression resulting in a strong matriarchal element in Irish and Irish-American portrayal of life. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups, Family Role
Chinese Education, 1977
Describes the techniques used in cadre training schools to emphasize criticism of Lin Piao and his counterrevolutionary beliefs. (AV)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Analytical Criticism, Comparative Education, Educational Programs
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Biggs, Donald A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1977
In a sample of 767 freshmen at the University of Minnesota, those with low principled morality scores compared to those with high scores had lower mean contemporary-cultural, artistic, literary, and academic-conceptual precollege experience score. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Individual Development
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Jackson, Philip W. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1977
Damage that might be done to students by schools may be induced in very subtle ways, not solely as a result of what teachers themselves do but also as a function of how our schools are designed and run. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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