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Leeds, Jo Alice – Studies in Art Education, 1989
Traces the evolution of attitudes toward children's art in relation to ideas about childhood and aesthetics prevalent during the 19th and early 20th century. Examines values and attitudes implicit in current controversies in art education. (GEA)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Art Expression
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Wright, Jim – Art Education, 1990
Argues that creativity is the essence of true learning and explores its role in art education. Studies the creative process at work in several artists. Considers David Perkins' work on the creative process, identifying characteristics of a creative environment. Concludes creativity is more akin to problem solving than to spontaneous and mysterious…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Artists
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McNamara, Gerri – School Arts, 1990
Outlines the steps involved in constructing an art gallery in an arts magnet school for middle school students. The work in the classrooms echoes the themes selected for exhibitions. Describes how teachers, parents, and students are actively involved in the creation and maintenance of the gallery. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Teachers, Childrens Art
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La Pierre, Sharon D. – 1992
Little has been researched about the professional artist's preferred style of thinking, his/her manner of acquiring and utilizing knowledge, and how it affects the learning process. This investigation used a revised method of naturalistic inquiry for the purpose of developing a research method that was responsive to the uniqueness of artistic…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Artists, Cognitive Style
Barbosa, Ana Mae Tavares Bastos – 1992
Education should be the most efficient way of arousing the individual's cultural consciousness. A concept of "interculturality" now exists, signifying the importance of the interaction between different cultures. There must no longer be a distinction between the "high class" culture of the erudite and the "low class" culture of the lower social…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Creativity
Calgary Univ. (Alberta). Centre for Gifted Education. – 1990
This conference proceedings document on gifted education presents texts of the following papers, among others: "Developing Visual Literacy--Start It Young" (Kay Anderson); "Building Provincial Exams To Challenge the Gifted" (Dennis Belyk); "Advocacy and Lobbying: An Exercise in Persuasion" (Patricia Boyle); "Program Continuity and Curriculum…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Art Education, Creativity, Educational Practices
Oscar Rose Junior Coll., Midwest City, OK. – 1976
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one of a series of 18, provides a guide to art instruction and art experiences for preschool children. Upon completion of the module the CDA trainee is expected to be able to implement daily art activities, which employ materials appropriate for the development of art concepts in children.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Child Caregivers
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LaChapelle, Joseph R. – Studies in Art Education, 1984
Recent methodological and conceptual changes in sociology of art research are valuable because they provide descriptive material and counter prevalent sociological assumptions. Researchers now see the need for a sociological component in the study of aesthetics and art. An effective sociology of art is of vital concern to art education. (RM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Art Expression
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Prudhoe, Catherine M. – Childhood Education, 2003
Explores how teachers can use picture book illustrations to teach children the art of collage. Focuses on three children's picture books and offers art activities showcasing three collage techniques: (1) cut and torn paper collage; (2) photomontage; and (3) texture collages and collage constructions. Relates each activity to the National Standards…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Bibliographies, Childrens Art
Nelson, Karen C.; Janzen, Phoebe – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
A case study is presented of a creative, academically gifted adolescent who was intellectually and artistically stifled until the girl, her parents, a gifted education facilitator, a psychologist, and an art mentor worked together to find her a more suitable placement, through early admission to a college art program. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Art Education, Case Studies
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Smith, Peter – Studies in Art Education, 1990
Investigates the role of women in U.S. art education by focusing on the art education contributions of Eugenia Eckford Rhoads. Presents a biographical sketch and describes her published works. Questions the role of sexism in how art educators judge the success or failure of a professional career. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
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Guhin, Paula – School Arts, 1990
Describes a motivating activity for drawing still-life. States that students did contour drawings with markers and then layers of color tissue were used for enhancement. Students learned to appreciate the accidental variations caused by the materials. Concludes that this lesson increased students' motivation for contour drawing. Identifies…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Materials
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Atkinson, Dennis – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1991
Aims to show that children have a "functional use of drawing" which contrasts with the mechanistic stages model of drawing development. Observes that young children's images often show extended time sequences. Argues that, when considered from this viewpoint, children's drawing abilities develop gradually from a high to a low variety of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art
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Wenner, Gene C. – School Arts, 1990
Describes a specialized school for the arts for high school students. Discusses courses in ceramics, metal working, photography, advancement placement in studio art, and art history. Explains the relationship between this specialized school and the surrounding high schools that these students attend for other subjects. (KM)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
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Marchant, Greg – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1993
The president of the American Educational Research Association and professor of education and art at Stanford University explains the value of discipline-based art education, recommends that teachers reflect on their schools and initiate the changes needed to improve school culture, and suggests that educational research must become more…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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