Outlines several approaches for planning art activities for elementary school children. (GB)

Meaningful question and answers on art motivate seventh and eighth grade students. (DS)

Teaching methods and materials are suggested for developing basic art appreciation in young disadvantaged students. (KW)

This article describes some of the activities developed in the Weymouth, Massachusetts, public schools to promote student awareness of art careers. Included are classroom speakers, special posters, and a revision of the high school course catalog to include lists of careers related to specific art courses. (SJL)

Examines John Dewey's theory of the qualitative mind, showing how his thought illuminates the process of artistic creation. Exemplifies Dewey's theory by referring to the documented creative processes of master artists, Picasso, Moore, Giacometti, and Cezanne. Identifies attributes of the qualitative thinker and artist, and presents educational…

Discusses the status of researchers and the prospects for research in art education. Examines ways in which the editors of scholarly publications have attempted to shape research. Speculates on the extent to which all art educators carry within themselves the "seeds" of research activity and editorship. (GEA)

Develops method for incorporating the intuitive and affective with intellectual and analytic components for understanding works of art. States that the premises for such a systematization include both Arnheim's claim that two basic interdependent procedures of intelligent cognition are intuition and intellect (1986); and Harry Broudy's (1972)…

Examines the relationship between culture and the development of attitudes and beliefs about art and art-related skills in a cross-cultural perspective. Demonstrates how the notion of excellence in drawing is constructed through a specific cultural context. Considers the implications to pedagogy of visual representation, especially in the context…

Discusses Henri Cartier-Bresson's notion of the "aesthetic of the decisive moment" and its role in photographic composition. Argues that recording spontaneous moments from real life can produce significant and complex photographs. Suggests that instilling this technique in photography students frees them to experiment without fear of…

As an illustration of meaningful exploration of public art, Coutts provides a tour of a multimedia curriculum project based on art works in Glasgow, Scotland. He explores the potential of multimedia to engage students and teachers in a debate about public art for students at the interface of primary and secondary schools. Scanning the City, a…

This article shares critical reflections on cultivating community partnerships through arts education and provides an analytical framework for community building. It is argued that increasing access to arts education requires attention be paid not only to content issues in arts education, but, also, to holistic approaches that address the contexts…

This book brings together British and U.S. contributions to the debate of a critical studies approach to art and design education. The approach links practice and appreciation. But critical differences exist in definitions of the term design, with the U.S. recognition of design as the use of principles and elements of art in works and a British…

"Marketing Folk Art" is a special section (pages 43-89) of this serial issue addressing the folklorists' role in developing marketing strategies to improve the lot of folk artists and protect their traditional forms of expression from commercial exploitation. The following six articles, introduced by Rosemary Joyce, focus on these…