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Warash, Bobbie Gibson; Saab, Joy Faini – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1999
Describes a project designed to enhance the development of preschool children's aesthetic awareness. Explores how the project presented strategies and materials that can be readily incorporated into the curriculum for any group of young children. Strategies included focusing children's observations; making art happen; and expanding artistic…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation
Cassidy, Joan – Arts & Activities, 2001
Describes an activity for first-grade students in which they learn about cave paintings and become spelunkers, or people who explore caves as a hobby, making their own paper head-lanterns. Explains that students draw animals on the walls of their "cave" (a dark hallway lined with brown kraft paper). (CMK)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Animals, Art, Art Education
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Yi, Sung Do; Kim, Hye Sook – Art Education, 2005
Today's art education in East Asia focuses on Western ethnocentric or European ethnocentric art education. These practices reflect the tremendous effect American and European culture has had upon the art education of East Asia, including Korea. Globalization and the information-oriented society in which we live have changed the world. Like many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnocentrism, Art Education, Cultural Background
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Rademaker, Linnea L. – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2004
This study explores the concept of "outside influences" to Arts education as a legitimate and important area of research in Arts education. In this study "outside influences" is defined, generally, as those groups that choose to contribute to public school Arts education, but are not a part of the institutional system of public schooling.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Case Studies, Advocacy, Educational Research
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Oreck, Barry – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2006
In recent years the arts have been introduced into many pre-service and in-service professional development programs for general education teachers. At the same time, pressure for immediate test-score improvement and standardization of curriculum has limited the creativity and autonomy of teachers. This study, the qualitative part of a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Creativity, Urban Teaching, Art Education
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Lampert, Nancy – Art Education, 2006
Inquiry-based classroom activities require students to solve problems and answer questions that have more than one possible resolution. These types of activities stimulate critical thinking skills and dispositions in students. PreK-12 art classrooms are rich with opportunity for inquiry-based activities for children and adolescents. This article…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
Singer, Carla Michalove – 1994
Science and art have much in common. Artists as well as scientists carefully observe and communicate their subjects. Throughout time, artists have been involved in experimentation, an important scientific method which can lead to new discoveries. Both scientific developments and the ongoing history of art are cumulative. This learning packet is an…
Descriptors: Art, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History
Blandy, Doug, Ed.; Congdon, Kristin G., Ed. – 1991
Contributors to this anthology analyze the contemporary academic methods for critiquing art and suggest new ways that might further the understandings of art created by diverse individuals and groups. Essays are organized into three sections. Part 1, "Changes and Extensions in Critical Approaches" includes essays: (1) "Beyond Universalism in Art…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Art Criticism
Larson, Gary O. – 1994
This pamphlet outlines the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA's) principles for lifelong learning in the arts and identifies four broad areas that guide the NEA's planning and support. The four areas include: (1) "Pre-K to Post-Secondary Arts Education"; (2) "Pre-Professional and Professional Development in the Arts"; (3)…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Artists, Elementary Secondary Education
Colorado Alliance for Arts Education, Denver. – 1994
This workbook is a guide to establishing formal partnerships between school district arts supporters and community arts organizations for the benefit of arts education. The workbook consists of nine sequential sections, each containing a series of questionnaires and essays designed to aid readers in creating collaborations to benefit arts…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art, Art Education, Community Cooperation
King, Penny; Roundhill, Clare – 1996
This instructional resource, designed to be used by and with elementary level students, provides inspiration for landscape painting by presenting the work of six different artists. These include: "Fuji in Clear Weather" (Katsushika Hokusai, 1823-29); "The Tree of Life" (Gustav Klimt, c. 1905-1909); "The Waterlily…
Descriptors: Art, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1987
This paper argues that there is a pressing need to discover, develop, and validate a variety of creative skills and aptitudes among students that are too often undervalued in education and training. The immediate concern is with non-advanced further education in the 16-19 age range. Section One describes the changing context of further education.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Creative Activities, Creative Development
Hamblen, Karen A. – 1986
Art criticism has not been incorporated into the curriculum despite support of this proposal by major art educators. The traditional art program consists only of studio instruction to the exclusion of art criticism and art history. The studio background of most art educators coupled with the limited availability of art criticism curriculum options…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Art Teachers
City of Birmingham Polytechnic (England). Dept. of Art. – 1983
Five booklets focusing on playthings as art objects draw together information about historical, ethnographic, and play traditions of various cultures of the world. The first booklet provides an overview of ideas and resources about kites, sound making objects, playing cards, and dolls. The second booklet on kites discusses the distribution and…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art History
LATTING, LUCILE H.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THIS DOCUMENT IS A GUIDE FOR TEACHING ART IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE. IT PRESENTS BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THE AREAS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART, UNDERSTANDING WORLD CULTURES AS RELATED TO ART, AND ART AND THE COMMUNITY. THE ROLES OF ART COORDINATOR, CLASSROOM TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, AND PARENT ARE DISCUSSED. THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES IN ART,…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
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