The study investigates the goals of arts education and measures the learning effects. Since the status of arts education is controversial, the question is, what does arts education provide for children? The report comprises four studies: (1) a review of the various conceptions of arts education advanced in literature; (2) interviews with teachers…

The learning project interview is a group-interview technique that is useful for developing an awareness of the process of adult learning. Specifically, it provides insights concerning the types of things adults try to learn, the number of learning experiences they have, their methods of learning, and the sources of the subject matter that they…

Recent changes in the curriculum of undergraduate psychology have provided greater opportunities for experiential training to augment prior emphases on didactic concept training. A national survey of larger public and private undergraduate psychology programs was conducted to determine the status of non-classroom experiential learning. These data…

The introduction of the microcomputer is producing complex changes in the cosmopolitan culture of Californians, including the way people live and learn at home, in school, and at the office. Recently, many bills have been proposed in California to introduce computer science and technology into the public education system; in addition, tax credits…

This study attempted to investigate: (1) preschool children's positive or negative perceptions of the aged, and (2) the effect of increased interpersonal contact with older adults on these perceptions. A review of related literature is reported. Two instruments, The Perceptions of the Aged Test (PAT) and The Familiarity With the Aged Questionnaire…

This third in a series of five learning modules on guidance is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers skills needed to (1) plan effective student conferences, (2) create a supportive environment and display the kind of attitude that will foster communication and promote useful results, (3) help students identify and…

A study examined significant deliberate learning activities (as demonstrated in learning projects) which were related to spiritual growth. (Spiritual growth was defined in broad terms within which each interviewee interpreted his or her own concept.) Fifty persons between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-five and representing five groups (three…

The 1968 presidential address to the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies (48th, Washington, D.C., November 1968).

An investigation was undertaken of end-of-course reactions of students who experienced varying numbers of test-taking failures during an introductory psychology course presented under two different formats: a mastery structure (multiple study/test options and absolute grading standards) and a conventional structure (one try on each midterm with…

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR TWO FOLKTALES, "MOLLY WHUPPIE" AND "THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE," ARE POSED. THE QUESTIONS ARE DELIBERATELY WORDED TO EVOKE DISCUSSION, DISAGREEMENT, AND EVEN ARGUMENT. THE PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER INDIVIDUAL REACTION AND LIVELY DISCUSSION. THE QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES ONLY FOR CONVENIENCE. EACH…

AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF CHILD MOTIVATION IN STRUCTURED SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPY BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT CHILDREN WHO NEED THIS TYPE OF HELP HAVE A CONSCIOUS DESIRE FOR IMPROVEMENT. PERTINENT LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED TO ESTABLISH A LISTING OF COMMON MOTIVES, DESIRES, AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE, AND A MOTIVATIONAL PREFERENCE EXAMINATION WAS…

FOUR- AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ATTEND DAILY SESSIONS AT EACH OF FOUR EARLY ADMISSIONS CENTERS. THESE CHILDREN LIVE IN DEPRESSED LOW-ECONOMIC AREAS. THEIR VOCABULARIES ARE VERY LIMITED, AND THEIR RESTRICTED LIVES HAVE NOT PERMITTED THEM TO DEVELOP THE NECESSARY STORE OF BASIC CONCEPTS OR THE SOCIAL MATURITY NEEDED FOR SCHOOL. A CENTER BECOMES A…

This study determines that adolescents' attitudes toward older persons, while not negative as originally supposed, can be changed in a more positive direction through planned educational experiences. Situational and personal characteristics account for variance in pretest attitudes evidenced toward the aged. The study was conducted on ninth-grade…

Jean Piaget's theories of child development and the nature of intelligence are adapted to creative dramatics in this description of two games for children aged 6 through 12. The first game discussed incorporates a "touchy-feely box," a cardboard construction with openings on two sides so that a child may reach inside, select, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether terms used in the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS) are appropriate and useful to describe learner characteristics. From the twelve characteristics postulated in the ACCS to describe learners, six were selected for study: experience, intelligence, motivation, emotion-personality,…