One way to increase awareness of endangered national heritage is to teach youth the importance of the land through the study of selected works of art. This article describes a lesson, in which students will study the work of Thomas Moran and create a mountain range collage. A short biography of Thomas Moran is included.

Art and society must become mutually involved in order that the significance and value of art be realized. (RK)

Discusses five guiding principles (from scholars' work in semiotics) for helping teachers explore the arts and literacy instruction, intended as a framework for understanding representation of meaning, in whatever sign system or art form. Discusses why understanding semiotic systems is important to language arts instruction that represents meaning…

Sarah Pigneguy here describes a creative arts project set up to support the acquisition of social skills and to offer students the chance to experience a different style of teaching and learning. Her down-to-earth account shows what can be achieved on a relatively low budget in a single term.

Practice-based research in art and design is the focus of postgraduate programmes at many universities. The term is useful when practice constitutes a critical part of the research methodology resulting in a form of research through practice. This study uses one such postgraduate programme to examine student researchers' understanding of their…

This article discusses contemporary contextualist curriculum approaches that suggest that both content and meaning can be co-constructed by teachers and learners, can remain flexible and open-ended, and can acknowledge the constant influx of real-life issues that arise in the daily lives of learners. The author, an Assistant Professor of Art…

Classroom application of batik, dying by wax, can be easily accomplished. (MF)

Emphasizes the value of kindergarten art study to provide intellectual stimulation and promote emotional growth. (AJ)

Author discussed the consciousness of art, suggested that there is too much talk about art, and presented art as it is valued and used from an assortment of different viewpoints. (RK)

Author presented happenings and conceptual art as an early symptom of a new cultural epoch in which the crisis of aesthetic values is proven. (Author/RK)

This article discusses the implications of the National Assessment in art and its possible influence on the evaluation of art teaching and research in art education. (RC) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).