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Peer reviewedRush, Jean C.; Conant, Howard – Art Education, 1979
The 1964-66 art education conferences were the last serious attempt to involve professional artists and educators in arts policy planning. This is a call to the art education profession to end this communication gap through a conference to examine the nature of excellence in the education of visual artists. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Conferences, Educational Quality, Policy Formation
Rush, Jean C.; Shumaker, Mary Susan – 1982
It is hypothesized that graphic skills among the general U.S. population level off at puberty. Examined were the characteristics of 357 pairs of pencil drawings of human figures (one man and one woman) made by male and female adolescents (eighth graders), nonartistic adults (university elementary education majors), and artistic adults (beginning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Art Education, Developmental Stages
Rush, Jean C. – 1989
The call for more empirical research in art education during the 1950s seems to be a precursor of the contemporary move toward more systematic instruction in the visual arts. If making art employs nonverbal aesthetic concepts, then conceptual consistency and problem solving within studio instruction can facilitate students' acquisition, retention,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedGreer, W. Dwaine; Rush, Jean C. – Art Education, 1985
The Getty Center for Education in the Arts established the 1983 and 1984 Institutes for Educators on the Visual Arts to explore the introduction of discipline-based art programs into elementary schools. Teachers attending a summer staff development program planned programs for their own shools. The institutes are described and future plans are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Futures (of Society)
Download full textRush, Jean C. – 1987
Images express meaning through particular configurations of visual concepts. A distinguishing feature of discipline based art education is the use of visual imagery to transmit meaning to students. Discipline based art education incorporates concepts and skills from aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production and presents a unique…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Davisson, Sally A.; Rush, Jean C. – Community College Frontiers, 1981
Discusses the potential of continuing education in the visual arts for older adults. Reviews the characteristics of older adult students, the role of community colleges, older adults' interest in the arts, and benefits from arts participation. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Art Education, Art Therapy, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedRush, Jean C. – Studies in Art Education, 1987
Provides an example of a discipline-based art lesson which interrelates the content areas of visual analysis, art production, and critical/historical analysis in a strategy employing interlocking imagery. Describes the model used for such lessons by the Getty Institute for the Education in the Visual Arts. (AEM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
