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Yeping Li Ed.; Zheng Zeng Ed.; Naiqing Song Ed. – Advances in STEM Education, 2024
This book provides an international platform for educators from different STEM disciplines to present, discuss, connect, and develop collaborations in two inter-related ways: (1) sharing and discussing changes and innovations in individual discipline-based education in STEM/STEAM, and (2) sharing and discussing the development of interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Development, Instructional Innovation
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Vande Zande, Robin – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2010
The aims of educating for economic, cultural, and pedagogical purposes have existed since the early inception of art education. Looking at how and why these aims evolved in the early era of art and design education has potential for better understanding how and why design should be incorporated into the art education curricula today. This article…
Descriptors: Art Education, Design, Educational Objectives, Industrialization
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Sang, Anita Ng Heung – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2009
This article describes a collaborative action research conducted by a lecturer and several primary school art teachers, who between 2001 and 2006 created the Visual Arts Education Web ("iii web") in Hong Kong. The creation of the "iii web" was accomplished through research that employed questionnaires, focus group discussions…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Art Education, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Bisland, Beverly Milner – Social Studies, 2010
One way that people learn, remember and communicate is visually. We combine past experiences with new visual information to construct meaning. In this study, elementary teachers introduced their students to the peoples and places of the ancient silk routes using illustrations from two children's picture books, "Marco Polo," written by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Visual Learning, Elementary School Teachers
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Swartz, Leslie M. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1989
Describes the efforts of the Hangzhou Youth and Children's Center to develop children's skills and interests while educating them in socialist politics and morality. Concludes that recent economic reforms intended to expedite modernization have brought about an elitist educational system, subjugating egalitarian ideals. (KO)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Chinese Culture, Cultural Awareness
Forsgren, Krista; Benskin, Elizabeth – 2001
While the art of Buddhism has an enduring tradition throughout Asia, this teaching guide focuses on the cultures of three countries in which the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries' collections are particularly strong: India, China, and Japan. The guide identifies grade level appropriateness for some lessons and activities. It contains 15…
Descriptors: Art Education, Asian History, Asian Studies, Buddhism
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Wolf, Constance; Gardner, Howard – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1989
Describes the cross-cultural Harvard Project Zero that was designed to identify major issues in Chinese arts education and to clarify differences between the aesthetic and educational systems of the United States and China. Discusses the exchange of education specialists, the interviewing of artists, and the examination of philosophy. (KO)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Exchange
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Carlisle, Barbara – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1989
Describes Chinese art education from the viewpoint of an exchange expert in a cross-cultural study. Provides insights into the context in which art is produced in China. Contrasts the Chinese emphasis upon teaching by imitation with the Western emphasis upon concepts and guidance. (KO)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA. – 1994
Tomb art provides an invaluable window into China's history and culture. The understanding that spirits of dead ancestors can exert power and influence over the lives of their descendants has been a central tenet of the Chinese belief system, propelling the culture into practices ensuring the provision of comfort and status to the deceased in…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Archaeology, Area Studies, Art
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA. – 1992
Brushwork is the essential characteristic of Chinese painting. Ink and brushwork provide the foundation of Chinese pictures, even when color also is used. In the quality of the brushwork the artist captures the spirit resonance, the raison d'etre of a painting. In China, painting and writing developed hand in hand, sharing the same tools and…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art History, Chinese Culture
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Winner, Ellen – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1989
Discusses reasons for Chinese childrens' greater skills in drawing when compared with their Western counterparts. Describes teaching methods and learning strategies found in China. Notes Chinese emphasis upon attainment of high skill levels and concentration until a task is complete. Criticizes art education in the United States for its lack of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Chang, Pei-lan Li; Chao, Johanna T.; Chao, Yenshew Lynn; Chin, Ai-li S.; Hsieh, Charlotte Sheau-mann; Sun, Paul P.; Swartz, Leslie M.; Wang, Theresa; Wu, Fa Y. – 1984
This curriculum guide is developed to accompany 7 Chinese Cultural Heritage kits for use in intermediate and middle school classrooms. The units in this guide may be used with or without the accompanying kits. When appropriate, units include: objectives, introductory information, suggested presentation sequence, activity instruction, evaluation…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Art Activities, Art Education
2000
The materials in this curriculum guide were designed to prepare teachers and students in grades 2-11 for the "Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace 1644-1911" exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California Education Department, to inform teachers and students about Imperial China, and to illuminate…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art Education, Chinese Americans, Chinese Culture
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA. – 1996
This teacher's packet accompanies a slide presentation on the wishes and riddles found in myths and rebuses in Chinese art. The packet contains: (1) an introductory essay describing symbolism used in the art of various dynasties of China; (2) a slide list describing the art depicted on each slide with time period and dimensions of the piece; (3) a…
Descriptors: Art Education, Asian History, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture
Needler, Toby; Goodman, Bonnie – 1991
The eight units in this volume are designed for use by an art teacher/specialist. Thematic ideas are presented, while skills, techniques, and materials are not dictated. The lessons encourage students to compare and contrast cultures, understand their own cultural experiences, and explore differences and commonalities among cultures. The materials…
Descriptors: African Culture, Architecture, Art, Art Activities
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