Contains two lessons in which students explore their feelings and then describe their responses through creative writing. (RB)

The first part of the article provides an introduction to mysticism, relating it to education in general and differentiating the naturalistic and the supernaturalistic approaches. The remainder of the article deals specifically with mysticism in helping relationships and includes student reactions and needs, mystical union and the counselor's…

Presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (Reading, England, 1968). For fuller reports of this research, see "Journal of Research in Music Education, Volume 16 (Fall 1968 & Winter 1968).

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES WERE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTS WHICH STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN UNDERGRADUATES' DISPOSITION TO SEEK ADVANCED TRAINING AND TO FORMULATE STEPS WHICH COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS OR FACULTIES MIGHT TAKE TO ENCOURAGE TALENTED STUDENTS. A PANEL OF APPROXIMATELY 2,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS WAS SURVEYED AT THE BEGINNING OF…

The traditional concept of the university is being challenged today by students, faculty members, and the general public. The news media have tended to aggravate, inflate, and distort university events. In some cases this kind of reporting has made public figures of those student leaders who attempt to make the university an instrument of…

Fifty white students and fifty black students from the eleventh and twelfth grades were asked to rank in order of their preference ten poems written by black and white authors, each accompanied by the author's name and a picture depicting his race to determine whether knowledge of an author's race acted as a determinant of the literary preferences…

The article discusses various techniques which teachers can use to foster student assertiveness. (NQ)

Uses student reactions to Cordelia's death in "King Lear" to demonstrate how students can be made aware of what they are bringing to a literary experience. (DD)

The literature on wait time is reviewed and effects on students described. Different training procedures used to increase wait time are compared. The appropriateness of extending the wait time for students with special needs is also discussed. (MT)

The suicide of a competent and popular teacher required rapid but careful response by administrators at a midwestern high school. This article explains how faculty members and students were informed and how crisis specialists were brought in to help respond to strong student reactions. (PGD)

In October 1999 young adult author, Adam Rapp, was the first author-in-residence at Ridgewood High School, located outside Chicago. During his week at Ridgewood, Adam did readings and question and answer sessions for area 7th and 8th graders who came to the high school on field trips. He talked with the staff of the high school literary magazine…