Although Discipline-Based Art Education may not produce many art historians, this approach will enhance graduates' appreciation of art activities as serving some purpose in their lives. This article discusses British Columbia DBAE models and encourages use of multicultural and folk art examples. Includes three references. (MLH)

When used to achieve definite instructional goals, computers can benefit all secondary students, whether or not they are artistically talented and experienced. Laser disk applications and increased computer storage and visual imagery capabilities are available. The problem is timely and appropriate inservice training for teachers to realize…

Discusses the problem of stress and the performing artist. Suggests the need for programs, attitudes, demands, and lives that balance personal well-being with professional endeavors. (SR)

Presents a lesson that asks students to compare a culture's traditional and innovative artwork in order to encourage an appreciation of artistic heritage. Gives the historical and cultural contexts of two artworks from Greenland and two from Alaska, along with a collection of activities, as the means for investigation. (CMK)

Discusses Henri Cartier-Bresson's notion of the "aesthetic of the decisive moment" and its role in photographic composition. Argues that recording spontaneous moments from real life can produce significant and complex photographs. Suggests that instilling this technique in photography students frees them to experiment without fear of…

This article explores why art education after modernism needs to engage with and assess two forms of knowledge. It distinguishes procedural knowledge or "knowing how" from declarative knowledge or 'knowing that", and argues that current classroom practice and more general thinking in art education in the UK confuses evidence of…

Secondary school theatre programs in the United States range from a single class or an annual play or musical to programs with comprehensive curriculums and production seasons headed by several certified theatre teachers. Whatever the size of the program, whenever adults are engaged in dynamic educational and artistic experiences with children…

Pattern manifests itself in many ways through properties such as symmetry, repetition, translation, and illusion. This guide, appropriate for use with grades 6-12, presents patterns that are formed entirely by straight lines, yet appear to contain or be formed by curves. Exploring these geometrical shapes offers an opportunity to discover various…

These guidelines are designed to integrate arts and humanities into the secondary curriculum by recommending the subject areas to be included, the classroom environment to be fostered, instructional approaches, possible courses, and methods of implementation at all levels from that of the teacher to the state department of education. The…

This curriculum guide presents documentation of development of a holistic approach to curricula in science, art, humanities, and environmental education for the secondary school level. The outgrowth of this curricula development was the integration of these disciplines into a "life systems" curriculum involving an interrelated teaching approach.…

This directory is an attempt to identify arts and humanities programs and courses in the elementary and secondary school of the San Francisco Bay Area as perceived by teachers and administrators who have developed them. Questionnaires were distributed, and interpretation was left up to the person filling them out as to what constitutes the…

Eleven reports on the topic of art education comprise this volume which is arranged into four major parts. Part one, Art Education, presents three reports. The first report examines the bases of pressures upon art education, and suggests the nature of the program that should emerge. The significance of the visual in the world today, in art, and as…

Secondary students find that junk is an inspiration for a creative project in the final days of high school. (RK)

A thorough description of the ancient technique of batik, the activity as presented is recommended for senior high school art students. Briefly describes the origins of the craft, lists necessary materials and tools and outlines three basic methods for doing batik. (Editor/RK)