PostSecret (www.postsecret.com) is a transitional space where the in-betweenness of public and private exists. Within this space, peer public pedagogy occurs through critical participatory democratic interactions of community participants. Integrating PostSecret into the art education curriculum can offer the potential for generative knowledge…

Many graduate programs in North America require a course in the history of art education for master and doctoral students. When learners of all ages fail to see connections between their learning experience and educational outcomes, they are less motivated to engage actively, creatively, and responsibly in the construction of their own knowledge.…

Art educators, like many other educators born or socialized within the main-stream culture of a society, seldom have an opportunity to identify, question, and challenge their cultural values, beliefs, assumptions, and perspectives because school culture typically reinforces those they learn at home and in their communities (Bush & Simmons, 1990).…

The purpose of this survey was to gather the opinions of a group of randomly selected members of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) regarding the quality of graduate programs in art education. (Author)

To pursue the question of how women art students felt about their work and about being artists, a study was conducted of students enrolled in seven institutions of higher education. The study also noted the possible differences in career commitment between students attending the professional schools and the universities. (Author/RK)

Compares the art historian and the art teacher and the meanings and values from studio art, art history and art education. (Author/RK)

Offers reflections on the experience of having Viktor Lowenfeld as a mentor. Presented at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention in Washington, D.C. in March 1999 as an adapted version of the Lowenfeld Lecture. Includes comments from other people who have memories of Lowenfeld as a mentor. (CMK)

In this article, the author expresses concern that art educators and art teachers frequently lack sufficient and tangible understandings of the processes that distinguish artmaking activity. An open-ended situation directed by ongoing dialogue make for an elusive process that is difficult to get one's hands around; however, substantive knowledge…

This article presents information on the new career alternative of art therapy: a definition of the field, types of training necessary, registration as an art therapist, and the job market. It is part of a theme issue on art therapy. (SJL)

There once was a time when art teachers flocked to university campuses in the summer to advance their education and learn new art teaching methods in hopes of becoming better teachers in succeeding semesters. This was in the days when progressive teachers, principals, and legislators recognized the value of advanced education and rewarded teachers…

Discusses a University of Arizona History and Philosophy in Art Education course and its use of distance education. Focuses on conversational learning, describing the two forms of student interaction and the use of reflection on the distance education experience. Provides some topics to consider when using distance learning. (CMK)