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Doyle, Sharon T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Budget constraints, political will, narrowed curricula, and a continued emphasis on high-stakes testing in public schools have resulted in a continued loss of instruction in fine arts. Fine arts instruction is known to improve student achievement, but the contribution to achievement in the elementary schools after accounting for demographic…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Art Education, Statistical Analysis, Educational Quality
South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia. – 1991
This plan for guiding arts development was evolved from input obtained through a "Canvas of the People" that involved surveys, public opinion polls, public hearings, constituent working groups, and task forces examining the artistic and cultural needs for arts in South Carolina. The plan includes goals in areas of artist development,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes
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Fowler, Charles – Music Educators Journal, 1990
Outlines the work of psychologist Howard Gardner, who isolated and identified seven basic, autonomous intelligences. Discusses the ideas presented at a 1989 South Carolina conference that probed the implications of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences for the arts and for education. Contends that the theory of multiple intelligences…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts
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Batel, Virginia B. – Childhood Education, 2005
A small, but perhaps not so unusual, miracle is happening in one of the poorest elementary schools in Charleston County, South Carolina. Two kindergarten teachers at Mary Ford Elementary School, with the help of the school's art teacher and a kindergarten specialist, have effectively combined a focus on art with daily read-alouds and the use of…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Integrated Curriculum
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1998
This document describes what students should know and be able to do in the visual and performing arts prior to graduation from South Carolina high schools. The standards are based on the "South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Framework," adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education in 1993. Standards for performance in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Benchmarking, Dance Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1975
Lesson plans for activities in career education are presented in this teacher's guide designed for grades K-5. The first section presents South Carolina's position on career education. Section two outlines suggested learner objectives to be attained under seven elements of career education: self-knowledge, decision-making skills, career awareness,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Educational Philosophy