The function of aesthetic education in the life of the individual and society is examined. (CK)

What is the best way to understand the recent development of American art? An older tradition of commentary focuses on the role of tradition, noting how each new form of painting is rooted in a long history. But Jack Bankoswky and some other art writers discussing Andy Warhol have adapted a different approach, arguing that his art breaks radically…

Examines the impact of sequential learning on art education. Contends that it has reshaped and redefined art educators' perceptions of what is art learning. Concludes that, although sequential learning still seems to be a feasible and desirable teaching and learning approach, the paths and directions of the approach may be changing. (CFR)

This review of an art education program is the result of a continuing effort in New Jersey to develop policy and curriculum in meeting court mandates for defining more precisely the constitutional requirement for "Thorough and Efficient" education. (Editor/RK)

Author proposed the establishment of a National Committee on Art Education for the Elderly with a list of the aims and objectives of the organization. (Author/RK)

Art and artists cannot be separated from the natural environment and the environment of ideas and forms. The art instructor must put these environments together to help their students experience that sense of wholeness called integrity. (Author/RK)

This article explores the curriculum development implications of greater acceptance of the importance of fine arts to learning, the centrality of art to the development of an individual's uniqueness, and the disciplinary nature of the study of art. Proposes a model for art education in the primary school that ensures equity and excellence in all…

Technocratic rationality emphasizes manipulation and control of variables, predictability of outcomes, and efficiency of means. Whether discipline-based art education represents an acquiescence to technocratic rationality for the sake of survival is discussed. (RM)

Equality rests in the human traits of emotion and imagination which provide insight into the feelings of others. The arts educate the imagination, providing an increased awareness of the nature of human equality and empathy for one's fellows. (Author/AYC)

The arts are unique among the subjects which compose the curriculum and have enjoyed a small but secure place in elementary schools. This position is now in doubt. A case is made for helping the arts establish legitimacy and obtain both a secure and an expanded spot in the curriculum. (RM)

Discusses F. Graeme Chalmers' view (v22 n3 1981) that cultural anthropology, (more specifically ethnography) is an essential aspect of art education. The complexity of modern society requires that art education promote understanding of cultural pluralism. (AM)

The author suggests that justifying arts education, or aesthetic education, through unsound, simplistic principles is detrimental to the arts education movement. She evaluates five myths which should be given up, or at least tempered and investigated. (KC)

The author suggests that artist-trained teachers fail to understand that the creative studio art experience is the basis of art programs, and that a meaningful human education can come about through such an experience. He describes problems of the artist, and objectives of teaching and evaluating the art process. (KC)

NAEA began long-range planning in 1982, when a Long-Range Planning Commission was formed to make recommendations to improve the status of the art education profession five to ten years ahead. This commission made specific recommendations to improve the status of art in American education and to support professional growth for NAEA members. This…

The decisions related to the national curriculum are made at central level. The curriculum development is under responsibility of the National Institute for Education (organisation directly managed by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic). "Zakladna skola" provides teaching of compulsory subjects, included separate compulsory…