Author looked at the position and role of the visual arts and the artist as they reflect and contribute to the creation of a culture's concept of reality or world view and what this means to art educators. (Author/RK)

Reported are ideas, issues, and concerns discussed by 40 participants in a work conference on the culturally different gifted child in South Carolina, September, 1973. (MC)

In a worldwide study of 39 societies it was found that birth of a first child was more likely to raise status of parents and stabilize marriage than births of subsequent children. (ST)

This study dealt with the question of white versus black superiority in learning, viewing such differences in sociocultural terms. (Author)

Although the performance of American 5- and 8-year-olds was superior to the Guatemalans, the 11-year-olds in both cultures performed at an equally high level. (Authors)

The evidence presented here would seem to indicate that a competitively oriented classroom does not strongly promote learning or strengthen interpersonal relationships or contribute to healthy psycho-social attitudes. (Author)

Presents the plans and objectives of the Canada Studies Foundation which is designed to improve the quality of studies about Canada in the school systems of the ten provinces. (Author/RB)

Discusses music functions and uses of musical instruments in Africa. (RK)

African musical traditions are as diverse as its cultures, and the author learned that music education was compounded by that diversity. (RK)

Africans and Afro-Americans do share a basic heritage; neither, however, understands the significance of the past 300 years of separation or how that can now be bridged. (DM)