Presents suggestions for introducing children to collage. (RK)

Uses student created collages, instead of written compositions, to motivate students to introduce themselves during the first class meetings. (SW)

Argument for the abolishment of children's art contests in the school, commercial market, and community. Contributing factors to damaging effects on self-expression and ego are (1) arbitrariness and poor qualifications of judges, (2) false encouragement or misguided discouragement of interested student (3) unrepresentative work (4) lack of…

Part of a series of articles entitled "Environment and the Child.

After viewing and discussing slides of Van Gogh's and Munch's paintings and studying the principles of color, middle school students had to execute two drawings, one showing any emotion and the second depicting an expressionistic self-portrait. (RM)

Discusses how Black children's singing games may be applied to enhance education in the areas of (1) curriculum content and philosophy; (2) teaching strategies; (3) child assessment; (4) character development; and (5) development of self-expression.(MJL)

Describes a technique that permits special education students to express their feelings through writing. Discusses the teacher's role in this process and outlines its benefits. (FL)

Discusses the historical pedagogical controversy between advocates of the personal, expressive functions of school-based creative writing and defenders of its utilitarian functions. Concludes that the merits of creative written expression must be defended during the current "back to basics" movement because of its therapeutic, functional, and…

Results suggest that characteristics of the marital lifestyle may impede or facilitate adjustment to marital separation, although salient characteristics may vary for men and women, and change with age. The existence of separate avenues for self-expression constitutes a major resource in coping with the transition to singlehood. (Author)

Two approaches to the teaching of composition at the college level have evolved: concern with correctness and concern with expression. If the place of the audience in written communication is emphasized, it will be easier to make students see the difference between self-expression and self-indulgence. (MLW)

Seventy-two percent of college counselors surveyed used writing assignments with their clients. Significantly more female counselors employed writing assignments. Writing assignments were used most often with relationship, self-concept and depression problems and least often with academic, career, and body/health problems. (Author)

Telephone play can be instituted only with understanding of the child's changing levels of awareness, emotional flexibility, and insight. The capacity to facilitate communication makes telephones valuable therapeutic tools, but the child's ability and willingness to play allows the telephone to become a means of expression. (Author)