This longitudinal case study explored one rural elementary art teacher's praxis for two years after she participated in professional development sessions on place-based education (PBE). These sessions focused specifically on PBE within the discipline of art for K-12 art educators in a geographically-large southeastern school district. Through…

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Traces the development of an art program for the Amarillo, Texas, Senior Citizens Association. This program, the Arts and Creative Skills Area, funded by Amarillo College, has associations with community art groups and shows and receives support from the recently established Senior Citizen Task Force on the Arts. (AEM)

The beginning of the twentieth century was a period of pedagogical enthusiasm and renewal in the field of education. Based on a list of articles concerning art education published in Belgian periodicals between 1903 and 1923, the author undertakes an analysis of the title words in order to study how the subject was able to evolve. For this…

In this article James Wetz describes and reflects on his experience as Principal of a Specialist Performing Arts College and Post-16 Centre. His account will be of great interest to colleagues in the growing number of such schools. Of particular interest is the pervading clarity of purpose and willingness to accept the challenge presented by the…

Compares the use of a laser videodisc system in the art classroom to the use of a standard slide projection system. Describes the three levels of interactivity that are possible and discusses methods of use, product availability, and equipment cost. (GEA)

This article describes a variety of activities conducted during a school-wide art week in a large suburban junior school (ages 7 to 11). As a result of the art week, the students gained an increased appreciation for the important role of arts, crafts, and design in the adult world and the school established new partnerships with many local…

To integrate the arts and basic curriculum, teachers used advertising as a theme. Viewing it as a form of communication, they developed an integrated reading/language arts and music unit to strengthen both right and left brain modes of knowing. (LHW)

The philosophy underlying Dutch creativity centers has been shifting between focus on the intrinsic values of art itself and the instrumental use of art for developmental and social purposes. A more cognitive approach to art education for adults can guide future innovation in the centers. (SK)

Surveyed students in two Des Moines elementary schools: one magnet school emphasizing fine arts and one regular elementary school. Compared the two groups to determine differences in their attitudes toward the arts and to examine the value of arts education as a vehicle for racial integration. (Author/GC)

Reports on the 1986 Annual Conference of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD). Notes the current trend in art education toward critical studies, museum education, and engagement with real works of art. Describes several studies on current trends in art education in Great Britain. (RKM)

Art experiences can promote feelings of confidence in mainstreamed hearing impaired children. Because of the emphasis on the production of visual/tactile images and objects and the lower demands for verbal communication within the art class, children with low language comprehension and limited verbal facility have a greater opportunity for success…

This article explores why art education after modernism needs to engage with and assess two forms of knowledge. It distinguishes procedural knowledge or "knowing how" from declarative knowledge or 'knowing that", and argues that current classroom practice and more general thinking in art education in the UK confuses evidence of…

Describes the residency teaching experience of graduate students involved in the Drumcroon Critical Studies in Art Education Project. Focuses on three-way relationship between pupil, artist, and environment showing how this relationship helped produce a successful program. Graduate students are "practically" educating students in…

Increased attention to the importance of the arts in general education demands that we carefully define what we mean by "art" when we argue that it should be included in the school curriculum. Education in the arts has traditionally meant education in the making of art, but while only a few students will go on to produce artistically in…