The visual arts can be an important and rich domain of learning for young children. In PreK education, The Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight ("Young children and the arts: Making creative connections", Washington, DC: Arts Education Partnership, 1998) recommends that art experiences for young children…

Article discusses the sculptures on the campus of Princeton University and includes some interesting photographs. (GB)

Article seeks to explore certain ways in which art teaching can be incorporated into general studies programs designed for older pupils in secondary schools. (Editor)

Specially prepared exhibits can teach concepts about art and perception. (DS)

This article examines the purposes of art education. It contends that the spontaneity, novelty, and self-expression characteristic of the child-art period leaves most people with little or no understanding of art. Concludes that the new "art appreciation" approach must be examined to ensure that it meets its goals. (Author/BSR)

Tells how a third grade class built a geometric papier-mache sculpture with inexpensive materials. (GB)

Article describes a field trip taken by the Willow Ridge Elementary School Art Club. (GB)

Author stresses the need to communicate the values that gave meaning to our forbearers in order to understand more precisely the way we should go, in order to name who we will become. (Author)

Author intends to design ways to promote understanding of specified concepts through the manipulation of material and ideas. (Author)

Author feels that it is important for child artists to relate to the art forms of given periods and societies in their understanding of artistic influences. (Author/GB)

Refers to the Third Program of the National Radio of Spain. (SK)

How would you like to put some "Pow!" into your art instruction? A lesson in comic books--history, design, story, and production--can make your classes come alive. The authors present a new approach to using comics to build artistic skills and involve students in art appreciation. Why Comics? Many art teachers have students who say, "I hate art!"…

Teachers describe how to correlate experiences in art with other areas of learning. (GB)

This booklet contains the abstracts of nearly 100 conference sessions presented at the National Art Education Association Conference in 1996. The topics ranged across multiple contexts for art education, explored development issues in art, and included computer usages in art teacher education and the art classroom. Research presentations also…