Presented at the summer 1969 advanced seminar on Aesthetics in Education held at the Boston University School of Education. (EJS)

Presented at the summer 1969 advanced seminar on Aesthetics in Education held at the Boston University School of Education. (EJS)

Examines the problems and potentials of dance regionalism, the return of dance-making to the local community. (Author/RK)

CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, OR EDUCATIONAL IMPOVERISHMENT ARE HINDERED IN THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP PROPERLY. ONE APPROACH, TO CORRECT DISABILITIES AND FACILITATE INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, IS TO START INSTRUCTION AT AN EARLIER AGE THAN THAT OF KINDERGARTEN. IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSES, THE CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND SOCIAL…

IN A TIME WHEN SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE AND SPECIALIZATION ARE ON THE ASCENT, PARTICULARLY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THOSE WHO VALUE LITERATURE BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE EFFECTIVELY ITS PROPER PLACE IN EDUCATION AND IN LIFE. WHILE MULTITUDINOUS ARGUMENTS CAN BE ASSEMBLED IN THE DEFENSE OF LITERATURE AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A NATION'S…

This annotated Bibliography lists selected reference resources and representational writings which reflect culture patterns and contemporary problems. The literature is limited to ethnic groups with readily identifiable physical distinctness within the territorial United States. Black, Mexican, Eskimo, American Indian, and Chinese literatures are…

The primary purpose of academic instruction in religion in the public schools is to inform children about religion rather than to indoctrinate them. When the study of religion is presented objectively as part of a secular program of education, there are no legal barriers. Now that the Supreme Court has settled the debate about what can and cannot…

This paper looks at community services in the junior college, particularly cultural affairs. The nature of the community must be defined before an effective program can be organized. The college can then determine the area of services to be offered. Cultural programs are considered to be those offering lectures, films, exhibits, theater, and so…

Although our system of mass culture has raised our civilization to an extremely high level of material success and affluence, the fact remains that this system has the inherent flaw of not fully recognizing the esthetic needs of man. To overcome this weakness we need to re-introduce into the system a sizable component of first-hand experience…

This paper is intended to contribute to the reexamination of the proper role of sport and its actual relationship to the educational enterprise of which it is a part. Two polar views of the proper purpose of schooling are discussed first: education for maturity and education for enculturation. The opinion is then set forth that American public…

A process of professionalization of the humanities has occurred as a result of the proliferation of specialities and subspecialities within each academic discipline. Suggestions are offered for re-establishing humanities as the basis for a common culture, for approaching questions which are fundamental to all disciplines. (SW)