Believes that Pop Art is one approach to the problem of involving students with their environment. (RB)

How to make masks with plaster bandages. A simple, safe and high motivation project for the junior high level. (RB)

Questions and answers show how art experiences develop positive attitudes. (MF)

This article shows how eight to fourteen year olds can make jewelry. (Author/MF)

The author tells how a paper clothing making project was successful. (MF)

Discusses nine potential consequences of art activity which lead to qualitative changes in children's ability to think and perceive and to regard the world as a source of aesthetic experience. Suggests that art education enhances cognitive development by enabling children to derive symbolic meaning from experience. (Author/MJL)

The author maintains that art is a social product and that, in the teaching of or about the arts, the social setting in which the arts exist must be acknowledged. She discusses British developments in the sociology of art. (Paper presented at the Aesthetic Education Conference, London, September 1980.) (Editor/SJL)

Within the sister fields of art and art education, we seem to be equally at sea in our efforts to establish priorities, reassess our values, and redirect our energies. (Author)

Identifies the hyperactivity of linguistic conceptual consciousness (the discursive mind) as powering instrumentalism. Explains that the practices of Zen and art can counterbalance the discursive emphasis. Explores haiku as an illustration of how this resistance may work. Recommends anchoring arts education in a foundation of intrinsic perception.…

Presents some dilemmas faced by educators in Australia and elsewhere in confronting issues related to the teaching of the arts of indigenous peoples in the classroom. The comments of two Australian Aboriginal educators and an Aboriginal artist are included. (MDM)

Presents learning activities to foster understanding of self-taught art, an often misunderstood genre. Focuses on works of four Alabama artists (Charlie Lucas, Lonnie Holley, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Sybil Gibson). Includes photos of their works, a description of the art object, a brief biography of the artist, discussion questions, and suggested…

In arts education, Visual Culture Studies (VCS) is currently at its height, and proponents of it act with all the verve of partisans on a roll. A little knowledge of history, however, should curb their enthusiasm. Academia has a way of assimilating the most extreme theories and pursuits into standard operating procedure, and the evanescence of…

Poetry functions as an instructive tool across the curriculum. To use this extraordinary tool, we must engage in our own creative journey with poetry by reading it, writing poetry, and finding inspiration in a new approach. How do we read a poem? Is there a correct format to explain poetic imagery? Can young children be introduced to poetry and…

This publication presents manuscripts and research reports by graduate students. Accompanying papers from their mentors establish a context for the student papers. In this volume the works are organized by sponsoring university. Student papers presented are: (1) "A Naturalistic Study of Art Choices in a Preschool Setting" (Karen Thomas);…