The pertinence and worth of arts in Quebec primary schools vary considerably from one institution and school administration to another. In this paper it is argued that well-integrated arts education would bring a large array of pedagogical benefits to students, not the least of which is the preservation and the development of aesthetic perception…

Explains how senior high school students increased their ability to critically analyze the visual images that bombard them daily through television by making a videotape which involved the students in critiquing the paintings of Francis Silver. (JDH)

Many opportunities for linkages between the arts and adult education communities are examined. Discusses the emergence of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, adult educators' interest in the Canadian National Film Board, and the trend toward increased arts involvement. (CT)

With this review, we explore the practices of arts-based educational research as documented in dissertations created and written over one decade in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. We compile and describe more than thirty dissertations across methodologies and methods of inquiry, and identify three pillars of arts-based…

Compares works selected from the permanent collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, an art museum at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. Provides two sets of painting reproductions, information about the artists, transcripts of the telephone-accessed comments for viewers of each set, additional background information, and suggestions for…

Offers evidence showing that the arts are the fastest growing segment of Canada's economy. Urges teachers to use the arts to enrich a child's experience and create a sense of self-worth which will nurture appreciation for the arts and help eliminate problems of stress and emotional deprivation. (NEC)

This Manitoba, Canada curriculum guide presents an art program that effectively bridges Canadian junior and senior high school art levels. Content areas include media and techniques, history and culture, criticism and appreciation, and design. Four core units present fundamental art knowledge through themes based on self and environmental…

Art studies is a sequence of experiences intended to enhance Alberta, Canada students' knowledge in the discipline of art, emphasizing the student as critic, consumer, and historian. Art 11 surveys the role of the artifact in every day life. Art 21 surveys the history of art in western culture. Art 31 examines the impact of international influence…

A program for Canadian middle school students addressed bias, specifically bias toward First Nations people, through the arts. Students progressed through an antibias continuum containing four stages: no awareness of bias, awareness of bias, political correctness, and transfer to personal life. A survey of 123 students attributed program success…

Introduces and describes this special international issue focusing on educating through the arts. Argues that the arts promote children's sense of success, creativity, and self-expression. Notes contributions to this international issue from Canada, Finland, Norway, Australia, and the United States. Includes a bibliography of 11 references on…

Maintains that, in recent years, schools and school districts have begun to explore an integrated curriculum approach to arts education. Discusses three areas of concern related to the arts as disciplines and the arts presented through an interdisciplinary approach. Calls for explicit policy directives to provide guidance. (CFR)

A model elementary art curriculum for use in Manitoba (Canada) schools is outlined. The guide's first section provides an overview of the program, discussing why art is taught in grades 1-6, program design, goals, objectives, implementation and evaluation, special education, child development in art and a scope and sequence. The second section…

A model junior high school art curriculum for use in Manitoba (Canada) schools is outlined. The first section provides an overview of the whole program, discussing rationale, goals, student objectives, the adolescent stage of visual development, the special student, the design of the guide, program implementation, and a scope and sequence. Methods…