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Rosenberg, Jan – 1996
This paper discusses the concept of character formation as it can be positively impacted by folk arts in education. A long-standing tradition in U.S. education is for the teacher to take a leading role in molding the character of young people, as outlined through the years by such scholars as Thomas Jefferson, Horace Mann, and Rachel Davis DuBois.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethnography
Bucuvalas, Tina – 1988
Folklore and folk arts encompass the body of traditional knowledge learned and artifacts produced outside of formal institutions as a result of participation in folk groups. A great portion of daily life and culture is folk. Folklore and folk arts acquire distinctly local characteristics through the influences of geography, history, or talented…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture