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Brittain, W. Lambert, Ed. – 1968
This pamphlet contains an edited collection of Lowenfeld's speeches on art education. Following are the titles of the nine speeches: "On the Significance of Individual Creative Expression,""On the Discrepancy Between Our Scientific and Social Values,""On the Importance of Early Art Expression,""On Fostering Creative Sensitivity,""On Integration in…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Teachers, Creative Development

National Art Education Association, Reston, VA. – 1972
Art education, examined in this report written by a task force of art educators, focuses upon roles of art educators, problems, purposes, and future potential and directions of quality art education in the middle and junior high schools. Three chapters comprise the book. Art in relation to the individual, community, and culture is discussed and…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Art, Art Education, Behavioral Objectives
Hyman, Ray – 1965
The author is concerned with the role of preconception in the process of creative thinking, and as a psychologist, he experimented to determine what variables influence creative thinking. In the process of experimentation, however, he began to feel that some specific preconceptions were warping his investigation and were detrimental to a useful…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Processes, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking

Perkins, D. N. – Educational Leadership, 1988
Discusses the three counterforces that work against teaching art in the schools: (1)students' naive concepts; (2) schooling's neglect of intelligent behavior; and (3) counterproductive disciplinary procedures. Presents the concept of "invisible art" used to teach an experimental course in art appreciation. Includes extensive references. (MD)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Creativity
Donohue, Keith, Ed. – 1997
This booklet provides parents with practical ways to introduce their children to the arts with the continuous message to encourage children to imagine. This book revises and updates the earlier publication "Three Rs for the '90s." Following the foreword by Robert Coles and an introduction by Jane Alexander, the chapters include: (1) "Dance and…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Art Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1997
This Colorado state visual arts content standards guide is based on the idea that visual arts education benefits the student because it cultivates the whole person, gradually building many kinds of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication. Students develop an…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Creativity

Feldman, Edmund Burke – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1980
At present, art-educational research seems locked into a number of unexamined assumptions--largely derived from European Romantic ideology--about artistic productiveness as a desirable psychological trait. We need to know more about other cultural patterns of artistic behavior and the historic and social factors that influence them. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Behavioral Science Research, Creativity
Upitis, Rena – Education Canada, 2003
An evaluation of a Canadian program that infused the arts throughout the elementary curriculum reviewed test scores of 7,000 students in Grades 1-6 and surveyed teachers, students, administrators, artists, and parents. Findings indicate that involvement in the arts improved mathematical computation scores, contributed to student motivation, and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Elementary Education, Fine Arts

Cataldo, John W. – School Arts, 1990
Describes how the author, influenced by Celtic, Trajan, and contemporary alphabets, created his own alphabet. Discusses the developmental drawing process, color determinations, and how he created his final large scale letter forms in plywood. Outlines how students can adopt these ideas to develop their own alphabet. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Artists, Creativity

Ball, Charles H.; And Others – Design for Arts in Education, 1989
Three arts educators comment on the relationships among skills, knowledge, and creativity in the arts curriculum. Charles H. Ball states that these elements should be balanced in the curriculum. Eunice Boardman suggests that adequate statement of curricular goals does away with the need for balancing. Karen A. Hamblen notes that the three elements…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Comprehension, Course Content

Schiller, Marjorie – Young Children, 1995
Provides classroom examples of appropriate methods for extending art understanding through discussion. Suggests that teachers can easily foster art appreciation through nondirective means; the children can then select what is important to them and thereby begin to build their own personal store of imagery, which can lead to enhanced learning in…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education

Kawenski, Mary – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This article describes a six-week course for design students called "Needs Awareness and Design" which stresses the development of creative thinking skills. Brainstorming is recommended for identifying many ideas, and synectics is stressed for actual problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Brainstorming, Creative Development, Creative Thinking

Szekely, George – Art Education, 1990
Describes how a teacher can motivate students to be creative by dressing up, performing for them, hiding things, and designing visual experiments. Advocates that art teachers demonstrate that art class is a playful and exciting place to be. Suggests methods to encourage teachers and students to perform. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials

Elliott, Steve; Bartley, Sue – Art Education, 1998
Describes a high school course, "Material Arts Design," that celebrates materials, creativity, and culture, while concurrently encouraging individual responsibility towards the environment. Explains that the students develop a wide range of technical skills by exploring art and technology and address aesthetic and ecological issues through a…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art Education, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education

Cane, Florence – NAMTA Journal, 1999
Presents a developmental view of the creative process based on Montessori principles. Discusses the preschool child's need for activity, exploration at an individual pace, and connection between the self and the universe. Considers ways to nurture a child's self-actualizing creativity. (JPB)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Child Development, Childhood Needs