Provides some constructive suggestions for music teachers through an innovative program designed to give students a wide breadth of musical experiences. (RK)

Expands on one aspect of the rationale for elementary school industrial arts described in the January 1975 issue of "Elements". Discusses some developments at the provincial level tracing the Integrated Practical Arts program, broader in concept than elementary industrial arts but including many similar features. (Author/RK)

The thrust here is a plea to both teacher educators and practicing educators in the field to clarify their conceptions of what is involved in classroom activity and to accept responsibilities for assisting prospective and active teachers through the kinds of contributions they can make most effectively. (Author/RK)

Suggests inventorying and mapping the features of the school yard so that it can be used as a ready learning resource. Sample schoolyard learning activities for each elementary grade and various subject areas are provided. (SJL)

Presents the comments of two elementary students as supportive of daily physical education. (SJL)

Educational Psychology can help potential teachers become more aware of the abilities and needs of the individual child, the complexity and nature of the learning process, the relevance of various instructional sequences, and the issues inherent in effective classroom evaluation. (Author)

There is a need in the schools for teachers to educate morally. Schools of education have the means at hand to prepare teachers to be professional moral educators. (Author/SJL)

The potential of "integration" for improvement of teacher education programs appears to be widely acknowledged, as evidenced by the growth of new programs. Central to much of this program revision is the attempt to relate the educational practicum with other components of the teacher education process. (Author)

The author lists the objectives of the Canadian Commission for the International Year of the Child and suggests ways that teachers can translate these objectives into class activities. (SJL)

Presents a rationale for mainstreaming handicapped preschoolers based on studies on the negative effects of special class isolation and on the positive benefits of integration to both handicapped and nonhandicapped children. (21 references) (SJL)

Describes a University of Alberta course for prospective elementary art teachers, which used as its theme the International Year of the Child. (SJL)

The author presents examples of subliminal or indirect advertising in the mass media and suggests that advertising analysis be part of the elementary curriculum so that children can become sensitized to such nonverbal influences on their behavior. (SJL)

Suggests basic competencies for civic participation and ways these skills may be taught in the elementary grades. (SJL)

Presents a theoretical model for the process of political learning in children and from this draws implications for practice in terms of a sequential curriculum framework. (SJL)

Advocates the use of infrared satellite maps for geography and social studies instruction above third grade. Teaching ideas with Landsat maps are listed and the costs and ordering sources of the maps provided. (SJL)