The cultural environment as a major factor influencing reading achievement in primary schools is discussed. It is proposed that money be spent by Nigeria to improve the social and cultural environment of young beginning readers in rural areas to equalize their learning situations. The questionnaire is appended. (MLW)

Described are suitable topics to be included in an urban physics trail. Background information, questions to answer en-route, and follow-up questions are included. Required equipment is listed. (Author/CW)

Identifies the potential roles of art teachers, urban planners, and community groups in education programs that enable students to understand the built environment. Proposes a new branch of art education that stresses knowledge of the social and political context in which built environments are formed. Stresses the shaping of student…

A community participation program model called Neighborhoods- 2000 was developed based on the concept of promoting intergenerational cooperation as a means of addressing community planning issues. This paper focuses on the Long Island City-2000 project because it included the most extensive program evaluation. (LZ)

Describes how the greening of the urban environment is becoming an increasingly significant part of innercity renewal. Discusses the importance of urban wildlife, barriers to change, and opportunities for improving urban wildlife habitats. (14 references) (MCO)

Addresses the causes for and implications of infant mortality. Besides the more immediate causes such as disease, nutrition, and lifestyle, there are the additional hurdles of government bureaucracy, lack of funds, and institutional attitudes that block access to prenatal care. Suggests structural solutions, including a consistent, individual,…

In a colonia in the border town of Nogales (Sonora, Mexico), a geographer gave cameras to children and asked them to tell about where they live. Reflects on the impact of globalization on these children and their environment, their experience of environmental education, and their attitudes toward the polluted environment of their neighborhood and…

Shows how social policy based on children's needs for protection is not only due to the implied power relationship that it evokes but also because the policy has been historically driven by adult fears concerning minority group children that have resulted in displacement and incarceration of young people. Suggestions for more promising policy…

Examines why the number of high-poverty neighborhoods in U.S. cities has increased since 1970 by using geocoded data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Suggests that migration of the non-poor from the poor played a key role in forming new poor urban neighborhoods during the 1970s and 1980s. (CMK)

This investigation reports average length of communication units (C-units) in words and in morphemes for 95 African-American boys and girls (ages 4-6) from lower-income, urban homes. Mean C-units increased across the age span and syntactic complexity of the children's language samples correlated positively with increases in C-unit length.…

As a high school student, the author was part of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) and later was on staff for several years at the RCCP National Center. In this article she discusses her own story of resilience and determination. (BF)

This manual is for workshop leaders who want to help educators explore the urban environment with their students and highlights key details distinguishing urban environmental education from environmental education (EE) in other settings. While the examples used emphasize formal education, this is also useful outside the classroom. The unit…

The four issues of the quarterly newsletter contained in this document focus on the use of communication technologies in developing countries to educate the people about various social issues as well as the field of development communication itself. Environment and communication is the theme of the first issue, which includes articles on…

This study examined attitudes of prospective special educators regarding urban, suburban, and rural teaching environments. A total of 588 student members of the Council for Exceptional Children representing 49 universities were surveyed. The questionnaire, composed of 67 questions, examined student reasons for being in special education. It also…

This symposium investigates the condition of urban Latinos and Blacks two decades after reports by the Kerner, Eisenhower, and Katzenbach commissions recommended sweeping reforms in urban policy. Twenty-nine researchers, politicians, and policymakers analyze the condition of the urban poor and the role of minorities in forming policies. The…