Reviews the history of art in terms of style, technique, and context. Considers (1) the preparation of teachers (2) the antipathy between practitioners and historians of art (3) the development of art history as an academic discipline and (4) the role of art history in the General Certificate Secondary Education. (BSR)

Describes the residency teaching experience of graduate students involved in the Drumcroon Critical Studies in Art Education Project. Focuses on three-way relationship between pupil, artist, and environment showing how this relationship helped produce a successful program. Graduate students are "practically" educating students in…

Reports results of a study designed to solicit parents' attitudes toward increasing the multicultural focus of art and design education classes. Results indicated that in general, the parents approved of their children learning about other cultures of the world, but were less receptive to having them study the culture of other local minorities.…

This article describes the importance of architectural studies for art students. Recommends that architectural studies include historical trends, critical analysis, and studio practice. (JDH)

Three art activities are described. Intermediate and junior high school students made sculptures from geometric shapes cut from corrugated cardboard; eighth-grade students did freehand drawings using gridiron patterns; and junior and senior high school students studied antique valentines and then made their own. (RM)

By photosketching, students can alter an existing image in a personally expressive way and render a black-and-white photograph into line art. The technique involves students in drawing with India ink or any permanent colored ink on top of a black-and-white photograph, changing the photo in at least 10 ways. (RM)

In this art activity students are asked to make drawings based on projected images of photographic slides. Teachers can project their own personal slides or the slides of old masters for the activity. It is a unique way to motivate students. (RM)

When the informal workshop system was substituted for a traditionally structured arts and crafts course in a secondary school for military dependents in Germany, the class flourished. Instead of many small projects completed within fixed time periods, each student worked on a major project at his/her own pace. (RM)

Stained glass can easily be a part of a middle/junior or senior high school art program. A good beginning project is a "light catcher," a small glass design form meant to be hung in a window. How to prepare the design and cut and lead the glass is described. (RM)

In the first activity, which combines geometry, architecture, and sculpture lessons, intermediate and secondary level students make a sculpture from toothpicks. In the second activity fourth graders make a soft sculpture with fabric and yarn. Junior high students make animal sculptures from cardboard, newspaper, and twigs in the third activity.…

The visual arts can play an important role in the adolescent's struggle to link the inner world of thoughts and feelings with the outer world of expressive form. The Summer Visual Arts Institute, organized by Boston University for adolescents, is described. (RM)

The part that words play in teaching art has been underestimated. In a good art class, there is an interplay of ideas about the ongoing work. By using the right words, the teacher can help students develop their creative faculties. (CS)

Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the U.S. citizenry as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the U.S. public became a wartime industry, almost as important as the manufacturing…

This curriculum unit consists of four lessons that are designed to broaden students' understanding of art and culture; each lesson can stand alone or be used in conjunction with the others. The introduction offers a conceptual framework of the Artworlds unit, which takes an inquiry-based approach. The unit's first lesson, "Worlds within…

Describes the Quartz Mountain Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute program. It is designed to nurture artistic talent and to provide intensive arts experiences in music, dance, theater, and the visual arts for talented students aged 14-18. (AM)