Examined how children come to understand that internally experienced affect need not be behaviorally expressed and that the emotion that is expressed is not necessarily what is being felt internally. Sixty elementary school students were interviewed about four interpersonal conflict situations presented in comic strip style but using photographs…

Attitudes of religious institutions toward art are discussed. It is suggested that art is regarded with suspicion because it involves the senses and sensibilities, and that Protestant-English based theology is afraid of sensuality because of its changing, rather than predictable, nature. (RW)

Describes the process of planning and implementing a women and anger group, including the theoretical framework, goals, and planning and implementation of the group. Presents a facilitator's manual for therapists, with suggestions for prescreening interviews, ground rules, identifying anger, assertiveness, values clarification, barriers to change,…

Examples of movement arts activities used at the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, which serves hearing-impaired children, are offered. Movement Arts classes have a different theme each quarter such as holidays or deaf culture and heritage. (DB)

A classroom second-language teaching technique that integrates drawing and language as self-expression is described, and specific classroom activities are outlined and illustrated. In this technique, students draw pictures that represent word meanings or tell stories, or complete or correct pictures presented to them. (six references) (MSE)

In their professional culture, lawyers tell stories reflecting beliefs and attitudes about the world. Telling the story of his religious faith allows the lawyer to experience a world different from his professional world. Only by telling his story can he see whether the life he leads is consistent with his vision. (MSE)

Alexithymia (difficulty differentiating affective states and expressing feelings, external reliance in decision-making) is studied as a possible mediator by which dysfunctional family environment in childhood affects adult clients' attachment to therapist (N=61). Fear of separation, parent/child role reversal, and marital conflict were associated…

Examines 16 preschoolers' classroom literacy behaviors. Studies one student's literacy activities at home. Finds book-related dramatic play to be an important part of children's literacy interactions. Indicates each instance could be described in terms of scope of play, type of connection, purposes for play, perspective explored, sign systems…

Explains how a teacher asks her students to write on topics close to their hearts and how she, in turn, writes her own heartfelt essays and shares them with her students. Contains one such essay, in which the author describes how she narrowly escaped serious injury when, as a teenager, she jumped on a moving vehicle. (TB)

Describes a lesson in which students drew their own self-portraits following three criteria: (1) use mixed media; (2) emphasize expressiveness of facial features; and (3) focus on the eyes. Asserts that students were not allowed to use an opaque projector or copy from photographs. Reports the students had difficulty drawing the planes of their…

Students in women's studies kept an unstructured diary recording events in their lives and learning and their reflections on these over a semester. Student writings indicated that they gained an ability to reflect in greater depth, and that life and learning did impact each other and sometimes initiated change. (EV)

Children take enormous pride in their drawing abilities. They like bringing to life a specific object whether it is a star or a cat or a tree, and they will likely be frustrated until they can get it just right. Drawing is a way of thinking in motion, the brain guiding the hand, and it demonstrates strongly another type of intelligence. As a…

Each new MENC president chooses a theme that will express his or her philosophy and intended focus for the organization. The theme the author has chosen is Music: The Heart of Education. Why this theme? Where did it come from? What meanings can be read into it or gleaned from it? When it comes to building lasting relationships with students and…

This teacher believes that art has the power to heal, or at least aid in the healing process. After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, her students needed some way to express the injustice they felt. They discussed the attacks, and had some free drawing to release it from their system. They even did some patriotic-themed projects to boost their…