Explores the nature and uses of human understanding by focusing on three points of emphasis: characterizing the meaning of human understanding as a function of being human, reviewing the consequences of inhumanity, and proposing a process for human understanding through multicultural consciousness. (CM)

A state-of-the-art report on music education in elementary schools. (CM)

Advocates planning environments that respond to the behavioral needs and learning styles of children in the early adolescent stage in order to make easier their transition from primary to middle school. (CM)

Maintains that American public schools which are foreign to the linguistic and cultural background of Hispanic Americans alienate Hispanic American children from both their schools and their homes. Advocates that schools change their attitude in order to incorporate ethnic minority groups. (CM)

Outlines an approach to identifying and helping children with learning disabilities. (CM)

An account of the kinds of creative learning experiences preschool children can be exposed to if the teacher organizes a group neighborhood walk for the children in an imaginative way. (CM)

Briefly outlines suggestions by a panel of adolescents which are addresed to adults discussing the problems of children and their families at the 1979 World Congress of Mental Health in Austria. The role of communication, trust, honesty and cooperation between parents and children was emphasized. (CM)

A brief review of research on attitudes of children and youth towards the elderly and programs designed to change these attitudes and help young people understand the aging process. Implications for educational program development are outlined. (CM)

The teacher's role in guiding children toward understanding and appreciating the values that govern people's behavior, attitudes and perspectives is discussed in this article. (Author/MP)

Clarifies some of the intricate issues surrounding bilingual education and argues that an effective bilingual education program must be responsive to family and society. (Author/MP)

Advocates a social relationship approach as the most appropriate way for teaching social studies to 5-year-old children. (Author/MP)

Suggests ways parents can encourage the development of reading and thinking skills in their children. (Author/MP)

The author's travels to the original homesites of children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder is described. Also briefly recounted is a description of how collected memorabilia was included in a lesson on pioneers. (Author/MP)

Describes how a teacher, faced with the task of taking an inventory of classroom materials, used the situation as a meaningful method of teaching mathematics, social studies and language to her third-grade pupils. (Author/MP)