Author argued that in our efforts to understand the environment we should not neglect the technology which makes building possible. He noted that construction methods can give us information about culture and history. He proposed an intriguing way of teaching structural principles via symbols. (Editor/RK)

Explores whether innercity children in the intermediate grades expressed a greater preference for reading stories and books which depicted innercity settings or pleasant middle-class settings. (RB)

Today, pressures for universities and colleges to remain involved in the problems of the urban society have diminished, but higher education institutions must deepen their determination to deal with urban problems, for only through long-term commitment can the task be fulfilled. (Editor/PG)

Describes program in East Orange, New Jersey, in which city planners are attempting to invite residents to discover the learning resources in the people, places and processes encountered daily. Includes a program for the entire public school system and another for high school vocational students. (SH)

The cities of the world are great engineering feats. From the earliest dwellings of man constructed out of the raw materials of the environment, man has used his ingenuity to work engineering wonders that improve the circumstances of human life. By engineering technological skills, human beings have altered the environment to suit varied…

THERE IS AN INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY MINORITY GROUPS IN LOS ANGELES AND MENTAL ILLNESS. THE CAUSES OF THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE FOUND IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS THAT ARE PECULIAR TO THE AFFECTED GROUPS. THOUGH THE SCHOOL HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, IT CANNOT TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLVING…

The Mystery Tour is a multi-sensory approach to the man-made environment. It is designed to acquaint children with historical significance of buildings and architecture and thus prepare them to participate in decisions concerning historical preservation. Developed through a grant from the national Endowment for the Arts, the Mystery Tour guides…

The Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity held hearings on the quality and control of urban schools (Summer, 1971). The testimony of the various witnesses is recorded. Among the witnesses are professors of education, community leaders, and administrators of urban schools. The appendix includes material submitted by the witnesses…

Described is the staff training program at an early childhood diagnostic and training center for aurally handicapped children in an inner city setting. Focused upon is the community training in which a new staff member learns about the life style in inner city neighborhoods before beginning to work with parents or children. A community knowledge…

Edited transcripts of presentations made at a conference sponsored by the University of Wisconsin--Green Bay are arranged in five sections: (1) "Mass Production, Mass Consumption, Mass Waste;" (2) "Man Versus Nature;" (3) "The Urban Social Environment: Problems of Affluence, Membership, and Security;" (4) "Institutional Response to Technological…

The need to think on a global basis and act at the local level are stressed. (MR)

Shopping centres can offer many educational surprises to both students and teachers. A shopping centre study can provide the students with an opportunity to increase their understanding of the role played by these centres in their community. (NQ)

James Baldwin's special sense of his blackness enables him to combine Walt Whitman's awareness of urban wandering and Henry James' self-conscious cosmopolitanism in his books, particularly "Go Tell It on the Mountain." (BJV)

Described is a project that involved a junior high school art class in studying architecture and city planning and in making images of a city with paper cutouts on a bulletin board. (RM)