NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Charest, Brian C.; Bell, Lauren D.; Gonzalez, Marialuisa; Parker, Veronica L. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2014
In this paper we tell a story about how we partnered with a Chicago high school in order to turn the school inside out by displaying larger-than-life teacher portraits and statements at street level throughout the community. This paper explores how public art and activism can help teachers and students develop notions of civic literacy and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, High Schools, School Community Relationship, Art Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thomas, Kerry – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2010
Art teachers are renowned for their claims that the creative properties of their senior secondary pupils' artworks occur as a result of the realisation of a creative process. Drawing on my recent ethnographic studies in senior art classrooms in Sydney, Australia, and Illinois, USA, I uncover a sociological, rather than a psychological explanation…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Art Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Roeck, Kathryn T. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
The high school art unit "Embracing Diversity" was the author's principal work towards the completion of a Masters thesis. The objective was to learn whether or not teaching an art unit that focused on sexual diversity could have a positive impact on the current culture one finds in high schools. The unit was found to have a positive…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Art Activities, Masters Degrees
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fauth, Rebecca C.; Roth, Jodie L.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2007
This article examines links between different measures of after-school time activity participation (5 specific activities and breadth) on youth's developmental outcomes (anxiety/depression, delinquency, and substance use) over 6 years and whether these links are moderated by neighborhood-level variables. The sample (N = 1,315) of 9- and…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Neighborhoods, After School Programs, Athletics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Magrini, Cheryl T. – Religious Education, 2006
Based on the ethnography conducted by Magrini in three midwestern United Methodist congregations, this article examines the development of "ethnographic intertextual voicing," which describes multiple contexts and the ways in which these contexts influence representation of the participants and in turn, create in a community of learning.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Ethnography, Biblical Literature, Childhood Attitudes
Mizell, Lee – National Endowment for the Arts, 2005
This report examines arts participation in the ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States using data from the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. These data indicate that, in general, these metropolitan regions tend to be more alike than different with respect to arts participation patterns. Analysis reveals that while…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Participation, Art Activities, Fine Arts