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Download full textCouncil for Basic Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document presents the results of the project to develop an assessment framework and specifications for a planned 1996 Arts Education Assessment. The purpose of the project was to develop and recommend a framework and other design features for an arts education assessment that includes the areas of dance, music, theater, and the visual arts.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance, Dance Education, Educational Objectives
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
This resource guide divides arts and humanities into six areas listed in separate chapters: dance, film, literature, music, theater, and visual art. A seventh chapter lists historical resources and general cultural resources. Within each of the seven chapters are alphabetically listed resources identified for each intermediate unit. The chapters…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Organizations, Cultural Education, Dance
Mahlmann, John J.; And Others – 1994
This document consists of the new national standards for arts education and a summary statement accompanying the book. The standards recommend that by the time they have completed secondary school, students should: (1) be able to communicate at a basic level in the four arts disciplines, dance, music, theater, and the visual arts; (2) be able to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Peggy – Arts Education Policy Review, 1993
Examines the theories of Howard Gardner and Rudolf Laban as frameworks for exploring issues of creativity and dance education. Asserts that Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Laban's language for movement description provide a language for discussing creativity in dance. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Expression, Creativity, Dance
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1995
This booklet provides a framework for developing K-12 arts curriculum in dance, music, theater arts, and visual arts. The frameworks consist of goals in each of these subjects and are developed for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grade levels along with suggested objectives. Significant differences in this updated version include: (1) a strong emphasis on…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Curriculum Development, Dance
Sizemore, Judy – 1995
The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990, which champions arts education as an integral component of a holistic curriculum and assessment process, encourages schools to make use of resources from the community, including arts and cultural organizations, artists, folklorists, and craftspeople. This broadened approach to education provides…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Peer reviewedStinson, Susan W. – Design for Arts in Education, 1990
Recommends creative dance, as part of early childhood education, be developmentally appropriate, using exploratory movement and sensory awareness to teach children about themselves. From personal experience, describes dance work, based on Native-American dance and children's alternative realities, and designed to encourage future development of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Art Education, Body Language, Child Development
