Article reviewed a national survey on the attitude of the American public toward the arts and described a program, Artists in Schools, as part of an expansion of the objectives of education in the creative arts. (RK)

An art program for handicapped children 7- to 16-years-old emphasizes experimentation with a variety of objects and media (such as nature materials and shape templates) and provides such benefits as increased verbalization, self expression and feelings of success. (CL)

Mentally retarded adults' ability to express facial emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear was investigated. Photographs of facial emotional expressions posed by 52 retarded adults were judged by familiar and unfamiliar nonretarded adults. Happiness and sadness were accurately posed most often. The ability of retarded adults to encode…

Noting that the individualized language of society tends to limit attempts at building community-based interpersonal communication, this paper addresses the dilemma by investigating the therapeutic language of Carl Rogers in light of insights from work by Maurice Friedman and also from "Habits of the Heart: Individualism, and Commitment in…

This essay explores the metaphors of language and conversation as a way to connect thought and action in understanding teaching. The goal of the essay is to look more closely at the influence of context and situation on the conversation of teachers--not only a means of interaction, communication, and thought but also a type of relationship with…

Intimate self-disclosure to a stranger or an acquaintance was seen as less appropriate than nondisclosure. Disclosure to someone of a different age was seen as less appropriate than nondisclosure. Disclosure or nondisclosure to a person of the same age or to a friend was perceived as appropriate. (Author)

The author argues that in educational settings in which there is a low tolerance for "disruptive" and "antisocial" behavior, the nurturing capacity for creativity is also low. Creative persons exhibit not only anti-social behaviors, but also behaviors such as originality, self-sufficiency, and independence in thought and judgment, which may be…

This discussion gives a rationale for providing options for extrapolation within the context of composition topics. Whether topics are specified by someone other than the writer or are self-chosen, they "fructify" according to the composer's sense of purpose and audience. Developing such a sense has not been a prominent part of the typical school…

Describes the discussions which took place at a two-day conference on the instruction of expression techniques. Discussion centered around the role of linguistics, of the media, and of psychological factors. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Outdoor education is discussed in terms of experiencing the world, evaluating those experiences in terms of self, communicating those evaluations to others, and establishing a real and/or metaphysical place in the world. (JC)

Largely as a result of the extensive work carried out during the past decade, the concept of creativity has become increasingly important in educational and psychological thinking. This monography attempts to impose a framework within which to describe the main varieties of research on creativity. The monograph includes the following areas as…

Getting students involved in the process of heightening, which is really the transforming of experience and self-expression into fiction, is a basic factor in teaching the writing of fiction. This process of heightening involves two devices for communicating "felt life": concretization and dramatization. In teaching these devices, prewrigting…

This is an extensive compilation of abstracts of research in numerous areas as they relate to self-disclosure. No theoretical overview or introductory comments are included. Specific content areas, as listed in the index, include: (1) cross-cultural studies; (2) dyadic effect; (3) selective disclosure; (4) achievement; (5) adolescence; (6) age;…