Asserts that science is poetry that is intended for all students to understand. Presents text and a teaching model, The Why How Tree, to aid in helping all students to better understand how the world works. Emphasis is placed on the dependent relationship that the disciplines share. (ZWH)

Developing an effective program for at-risk students calls for identifying needs that can be addressed through the existing curriculum and using a holistic planning approach. A workable strategy involves establishing a cooperative learning climate, developing an advisory system, providing a good behavior recognition system, and extending student…

The need for formal, systematic instruction in spelling or word structure is discussed. The development of spelling knowledge in children is reviewed, and it is suggested that a formal program for spelling instruction be incorporated throughout the elementary grades. (Author/LB)

Submitted are both the rationale and the various perspectives fundamental to the development of an environmental ethics curriculum. These perspectives, each of which shifts the view of humanity away from an anthropocentric focus, include an holistic approach to environmental perceptions and a biocentric approach with concentration on life…

Describes how elementary students can use computers to create newspapers from another time period, sparking their interest in history and motivating them to do a little research. (SM)

Presents the Holistic Educational Literacy Process strategy for adult literacy education consisting of the following 10 steps: presenting an advance organizer; reading silently; reading aloud; listening to the passage recorded; listening and taking notes; highlighting important points; networking structures; summarizing the passage; revising the…

Drawing on specific examples in elementary school classrooms and flying instruction analogies, this article shows how teachers can creatively combine tenets of both holistic and direct approaches to reading instruction. Students are more likely to use reading and writing effectively when teachers themselves are empowered to select intelligently…

Discusses the development of a holistic language policy, which recognized and included minority languages within the curriculum, at the Richmond Road school in New Zealand. The policy illustrates how the formulation and implementation of school-based curriculum development can be effectively achieved by the school. (25 references) (JL)

Contains excerpts from holistic, second grade drama lessons based on a motif common to young children--"A Journey from Home to Confront a Monster." Asserts that this motif can be examined from a fantasy viewpoint with as much power and relevance as from a reality base. Encourages working with others to overcome "monsters" of…

This article puts forth some of the concepts and complexities involved in teaching secondary students ethical and aesthetic reasoning skills as well as the ideas of and debates throughout history. It is argued that curricula should connect holistically to the intellectual and emotional hierarchies of the gifted personality. (PB)

Offers a brief overview of shifting models in reading instruction. Presents the holistic model which guides instruction at the reading center of a midwestern state university. Illustrates the model with entries from a tutor's diary. (SR)

Paper examines how physical education can contribute to and work proactively toward each of the six national education goals in America 2000: readiness to learn, national graduation rates, competency in five core subjects, world class achievement in science and mathematics, literacy, and a positive learning environment. (SM)

Offers a framework (personality type theory) with which to understand differing perspectives on assessment. Aims to encourage readers to consider how their own preferences might influence their attitudes toward assessment in general, and toward particular assessment activities in the classroom. (PA)

A naturalist and designer of public gardens relates her experiences of introducing children to plants and gardens using equipment such as binoculars, stethoscopes, notebooks, photographs, and magnifying glasses. Article provides information is given about many plants, their uses, and related child-centered activities (such as a namesake pumpkins…

The academic mission should move from teaching-research-service to a holistic model with a single, integrative focus on knowledge work. The unity of knowledge development, dissemination, and application by a community of scholars promotes coherence at the university, unit, and scholar level. (SK)