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Murray, Jon J. – Independent School, 1984
Although high school art classes stress creativity, abstracting, analytical and evaluative skills, personal motivation, caring, and commitment to one one's own work, college admissions policies tend to undervalue them. To improve the quality of education, college admissions policies should take art as seriously as other "academic" subjects. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Art Education, Art Teachers
Orley, Ray – 1999
Part of a series for early years teachers in Scotland, this guide focuses on ways to provide creative opportunities that support and enhance child development. The guide discusses how to respect children's creativity while observing and developing their skills and suggests practical and creative alternatives to the mass production of identical…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Creative Development, Creativity
Diamond, Florence Rand – Stud Art Educ, 1969
A workshop program sponsored by the Pasadena Art Museum to help overcome cultural handicaps. Results justify the use of creative art in changing the personality and learning patterns of disadvantaged children. (Author/AP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Creativity, Disadvantaged
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Akogo, Benedict C. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Description of education for architects in Nigeria focuses on the impact of art education in the development of creative architects. Highlights include guidelines for current architectural education; admission requirements for schools of architecture; syllabi for architecture schools; and recommendations for training the architect for the future.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Architects, Architectural Education, Architecture
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Kelly, William J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
Faculty advising students pursuing programs in the arts and humanities should bring to this endeavor suggestions that both challenge students' creative spirit and reconcile this attitude with the realities of earning a living. Guiding principles should include honesty, ensuring that students understand their art interests completely, respect for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Art Education, College Faculty, Counselor Role
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Dyer, Suzanne M.; Schiller, Wendy – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Outlines a process-oriented approach to teaching movement and performance to young children. This approach applies a model, which stresses playing and problem solving and which focuses on the creative process rather than creation of a product, to the development of a method of teaching that encourages problem finding and problem solving. (MDM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education
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Snider, Amy Brook – Art Education, 1993
Describes a collaborative project in which art educators and architects worked together to design a space for educational programs in a museum. Discusses differing views about the space as a classroom or an active studio. Concludes that the collaborative experience heightened creativity among the participants and produced a design for a museum…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Architecture, Art Education, Building Design
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Honigman, Joann J.; Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan – Childhood Education, 1998
Examines the benefits of art education that go beyond art production to encompass an expansive view of art. Describes a kindergarten project called "Painting with Scissors" that implements this approach to art education. Through it, art became a way of knowing, understanding, and viewing the world; of constructing and expressing ideas;…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
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Careau, Steven – Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 2001
Describes an honors-level fine arts seminar that culminates in the creation of an 'unnamed' object. Stresses direct manipulation of materials leading to works free of conceptual pre-determination. Argues that naming follows creation; leaving a work unnamed allows artists to experience the dynamic of creation. (NB)
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials
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James, Patricia – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2004
This case study focuses on one student as she engaged in a general education art course that integrated visual art, writing, and expressive movement. In the beginning of the semester, this elementary education major had little interest or experience in the arts. Over the semester, however, she moved from being resistant and fearful of art to being…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Teacher Education, Art Teachers, Elementary Education
Stokrocki, Mary – 1992
Classroom teachers have stereotypes and myths about art education that seem to arise for various reasons including a range of backgrounds, interests, and lack of art experiences; diversity and contradiction of preferences; expectations for an easy course and high grades; and preconceptions about art and art teaching. This latter category includes…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Hausman, Jerome J. – 1991
References are often made in art education literature about how art can enhance individuals' self-concepts. This document discusses the work of authors, Manuel Barkan, George Herbert Mead, and Sigmund Freud, who support this concept. Barkan's theory concerning how an individual's personality develops and changes by interacting socially is…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Creative Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1979
Written in Spanish and focusing on art activities for early childhood education, this manual provides guidelines for Spanish-speaking teachers of preschool and primary school children. The content of the manual is oriented to the learning styles and special interests of Spanish-speaking children. Part One defines artistic activity in the preschool…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Creativity, Curriculum Development
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Court, Elsbeth – Art Education, 1985
The gallery and weaving workshops of the Wissa Wassef School, located near Cairo, Egypt, are described. The school was started 30 years ago by the Egyptian architect Wissa Wassef, who believed in innate creativity and the need to encourage artistic creation by the practice of the craft from early childhood. (RM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Education, Art Products, Arts Centers
Dorn, Charles M.; Sabol, Robert; Madeja, Stanley S.; Sabol, F. Robert – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
"Assessing Expressive Learning" is the only book in the art education field to date to propose and support a research-supported teacher-directed authentic assessment model for evaluating K-12 studio art, and to offer practical information on how to implement the model. This practical text for developing visual arts assessment for grades…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Creativity, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
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