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Efland, Arthur – Studies in Art Education, 2000
Discusses a cognitive model that is an alternative to Jerome Bruner's spiral curriculum, developed and based on the metaphor that the mind's knowledge base is a lattice. States that the lattice metaphor offers an understanding of cognition but some questions still remained unanswered. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices
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Efland, Arthur – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990
Shows how discipline-based art education developed, and relates it to Thomas S. Kuhn's theory of paradigm shifts. Critiques Gilbert Clark, Michael Day, and W. Dwaine Greer's theory of disciplined-based art education and highlights mistaken notions in the inquiry methods of curriculum specialists. Concludes that art educators should focus on how…
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Art Teachers
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Efland, Arthur – Art Education, 1996
Describes a model for an education curriculum that includes three spheres of activities: economic activities, social activities, and spiritual-cultural activities. These activities are incorporated throughout a liberal arts and sciences curriculum. Includes a list of activities by category and a chart detailing contrasts between modernism and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development