The essential task of sharpening students' sensitivities may be facilitated by the curriculum, instructional program, and personnel of the school. Aesthetic education is basic because it is founded on the creative integration of sensing, feeling, intuiting, and thinking. The arts curriculum may be used to sharpen students' awareness and…

There is no natural or genetically determined talent for aesthetic appreciation, but at most a widely distributed capacity that, fortified by interest, can be developed. The aesthetic experience should be cultivated but for its own sake. (RM)

This paper attempts to show how Bruner's views regarding discriminate decision-making could be applied to efforts to plan and sequence learning activities in which secondary students examine and respond to works of art. (MB)

Asserts that teacher attitudes in fostering art creativity in small children count more than specific art materials or art programs. (DS)

Reports on a joint project of the San Antonio, Texas Independent School District and the Southwest Craft Center Creative Arts School in which volunteer work by professional artists helped to enrich art classes. (DS)

Describes a U.S.-Soviet mural project where citizens from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and citizens from Leningrad created two peace murals--one in the United States and the other in the Soviet Union. The murals were exchanged. Participants made their own clay using dry clay and water before creating their impressions of peace and friendship. (KM)

This report describes field test activities for the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development and for CEMREL's Aesthetic Education Program. The word attack element of the Design was implemented in schools in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in the 1970-71 school year. The analysis of progress in word attach and other reading skills of children…

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)

Multicultural art education is of value for everyone in our society. Describes the Arts in a Multicultural Society project which exemplifies this position and attempts to move from a study of issues and problems involved in multicultural education to the practical use of a method of teacher preparation that includes an in-depth application of art,…

Describes the efforts of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to foster active student and community participation with its arts resources and cultural offerings. The Trust provides family/school programs, teacher partnerships, cultural enticements, community enrichment, and a comprehensive arts education. (YKH)

The landmark 1977 report of the Arts, Education and Americans Panel entitled "Coming to Our Senses," contained recommendations for the future of arts education in the United States. The volume described here, written by a researcher involved in the first study, attempts to show the state of arts education as it was in 1977 and as it is today. The…

This Pennsylvania state curriculum guide provides a rationale and plan for the inclusion and role of arts education in a K-12 curriculum. Part 1, "Actions of the Arts Process," describes concepts related to the terms art, artists, and the arts process and suggests that students need to experience perceiving, responding, understanding, creating,…