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Enhancing Learning in the Arts: A Professional Development Resource
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Henderson, Clare; Fraser, Deborah; Price, Graham – NZCER Press, 2008
What is happening in arts teaching and learning in our classrooms? Recent NEMP reports tell us that Year 4 students are not performing well but that there is an increase in scores at Year 8. This new professional development resource builds on research into teacher practice in Years 0-6 classrooms in New Zealand primary schools. It offers new…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Art Education
A Short Guide to Alternative Assessment Practices.
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MacGregor, Ronald N. – Art Education, 1992
Reviews alternative assessment practices in several nations and questions whether these techniques should be used in the United States. Focuses on moderation, a technique in which trained evaluators adjust grades to ensure equitable distribution among participating schools. Concludes that evaluation in art education presents special problems and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Art Education, Educational Testing
Why It Might Be More Important to Teach Young Females Embroidery than More Conventional Art Practices as Part of Their Core Art Education.
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Bracey, Nancy – Australian Art Education, 1993
Asserts that art history and art criticism have not met the needs and aspirations of female students. Maintains that teaching embroidery can help teach about a history of female oppression. Describes how this approach is used in the classroom. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Art Teachers