The Education Reform Movement and Its Critics: Implications for Arts Education.

Riddell, Janice Bergmann

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Education Reform Movement and Its Critics: Implications for Arts Education.

Riddell, Janice Bergmann

Design for Arts in Education, v90 n2 p2-13 Nov-Dec 1988

Suggests the 1980s education reform movement created a climate that was benefited for arts education. Argues that the arts education community should use commitment to excellence as a means to achieve comprehensive and sequential curriculum. Criticizes the notion that education should build skepticism of, rather than appreciation for, excellence. (KO)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Back to Basics, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Sequential Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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