In an attempt to create more individualized modes of instruction for elementary pupils, the University of North Dakota established an alternative teacher education program to prepare both prospective and experienced teachers for their new roles in changing schools. (AJ)

This is a teacher's account of the exciting and unexpected encounters that nature can provide. (Author/AJ)

Literature can stimulate creativity and imagination necessary for the development of personal awareness and social consciousness. (NH)

Suggests that children should learn to read by creating their own spellings for familiar words. (NH)

Several Washington, D. C. experimental schools broadened the classrooms to encompass the outside world. (AJ)

An appeal for schools to embark on a comprehensive environmental education program. (WY)

Considers two interlinking threats to human existence - the depletion of oxygen and the leaching of nitrogen-and explores what can be done to overcome them. (WY)

Reports a series of urban-centered encounters which helped some New York City children become aware of the processes that shape their environment and the earth. (WY)

teachers and children alike learn a reverence for life in this hands-on approach to the study of oceanography and marine ecology. (WY)