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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
Smith, Nancy R.; And Others – 1993
This book emphasizes the teacher's active role in fostering a developmental understanding of painting in children from ages 1+ to 11. The cognitive processes behind children's painting are explored. The book suggests meaningful tasks for each phase of imagery and offers methods for encouraging children to discuss the concepts involved in their…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education
Cornia, Ivan E.; Stubbs, Charles B.; Winters, Nathan B. – 1994
This book describes an art program that combines the knowledge, imagination, and evaluative factors of creativity for a productive pattern of student growth in perception, thinking, valuing, and art skills. Over 200 basic concepts have been arranged in logical, developmental order to give students a valuable body of knowledge. Instruction focuses…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
Thistlewood, David, Ed. – 1991
This book brings together British and U.S. contributions to the debate of a critical studies approach to art and design education. The approach links practice and appreciation. But critical differences exist in definitions of the term design, with the U.S. recognition of design as the use of principles and elements of art in works and a British…
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History