This review of the literature on adaptations in art education for students with disabilities begins with a statement of the theory that if handicapped students' beginning experiences in art are positive and successful, students will have a positive outlook and a desire to create further in art. The review describes the application of task analysis…

The seven essays in this document celebrate the place of children in the nation's life. The catalogue contains reproductions and replications of portraits and posters that were brought together for the exhibit. The ways in which people understand their nationality influence how they raise their children and help determine the ideas and experiences…

A comprehensive approach to art education is provided in this curricular framework for the state of Maryland. Introductory material includes acknowledgements, a foreword, preface, statement of purpose, and philosophy. A brief overview of four goals for art education is followed by a detailed description of each goal and a statement of three to…

To many students the complex technical problems of computer graphics seem to put them beyond reach. Computer technology can be reduced to the bare basics, however. In this activity elementary art students add an intriguing dimension to a crayon drawing by completing a computer image counterpart of a previously drawn image. (RM)

In this art activity elementary students are asked to design their own alphabet, not just by streamlining the letters they regularly use, but by inventing new letters. (RM)

Art students must know and understand the media with which they are working. Techniques used to help junior high school students gain mastery of art materials are discussed. With control of the materials anything is possible, including creativity. (RM)

By displaying slides or prints of paintings, by reading and discussing related poems, and by having students write their own poems on what they see, teachers can expose art students to a new view of poetry and visual arts. A list of poems and paintings to compare is included. (RM)

Vincent Van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" is discussed, and ways that an art teacher can use this painting as a resource for learning are suggested. Specific activities to use with elementary and secondary students are included. (RM)

Horse drawings by female children are analyzed. The construction of meaning in children's drawing frequently remains as much in the child's mind as it is graphically expressed. Educators must develop an appreciation for children's fantasy worlds and the ways these worlds both mirror and transform their lives. (RM)

Art teachers at the middle school or junior high school level usually find themselves in a program teaching ceramics. The most essential tools needed for a ceramics class are discussed. Different kinds of clay are also discussed. (RM)

Described is a college-level art activity that teaches aesthetic literacy to entry-level art education majors. Students are asked to bring to class and to discuss two objects--one, an art object, and the other a nonart object. The article also presents thematic categories for the generation of aesthetic concepts. (RM)

Four teaching strategies are described. Secondary students do pop art sculptural forms emulating aspects of the forms of George Segal and Duane Hanson, do a sculpture of an everyday object, and create their own room-sized works. Elementary students do a sculpture in the style of Marisol. (RM)

Describes an art project that involved blind secondary students in producing a large piece of sculpture for the terrace of their school. (RM)

A first-grade teacher describes how she taught her students to weave using real yarn. (RM)

A technique for demonstrating the negative-positive relationship in photography without a camera or darkroom is described. (RM)