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Amann, Janet – School Arts, 1990
Explains how elementary students learned art criticism by acquiring a collection of miniature reproductions of artworks, which the students critiqued. Describes how the art specialist worked with the classroom teacher to direct writing activities. Comments on how the teacher managed to acquire the miniature reproduction of artwork. (KM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
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Gilbaugh, Milli – School Arts, 1990
Conveys how art history is taught to elementary school students through the Picture Presenter program. Trained volunteers present reproductions of important artworks and illustrate these to students by wearing clothes or using items similar to those in the painting. Describes learning activities and the fundraising that keeps the project…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Education
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Rosiene, Alan I. – School Arts, 1990
Depicts a high school art activity in which students create imaginative compositions by selecting, cutting out, and aesthetically arranging various styles of lettering. These letters then dictate the style and content of the composition. Tracing paper is used to transfer the desired composition creating a border for another page which is then…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
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Razack, Sherene – Gender and Education, 1993
Discusses the role of story-telling in the political empowerment of the oppressed. Describes how the uncritical reliance on stories has led to the failure in the classroom to acknowledge the risks taken by various oppressed groups when they attempt to critically reflect and build coalitions. (JB)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Criticism, Disadvantaged, Empowerment
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White, Fiona A. – Journal of Moral Education, 1996
Asserts that Lawrence Kohlberg's purely "formalistic" conceptualizations of moral judgment and associated measures may misrepresent the true nature of moral thought. Identifies logical inconsistencies in Kohlberg's reliance on the "form" of moral judgment and argues for a reconceptualization in terms of content. Discusses the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Criticism, Developmental Stages, Educational Change
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Leslie, Leigh A. – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews similarities in criticism of the treatment of women, minorities, and homosexuals by marital and family therapists. Examines the impact these critiques have had on the field and explores areas in which work is still needed. Contains 132 references. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Criticism, Ethnicity, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Characteristics
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Green, Gaye Leigh – Art Education, 1996
Provides an introduction and overview of installation art. Installation art challenges the accepted notion of passive viewing and comments on concepts concerning art and the environment by creating spatial environments using natural materials. Describes several student installation art projects and the issues raised by this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Education
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Harper, Helen; And Others – Gender and Education, 1996
Examines the connection between an English-in-the-workplace (EWP) class and the linguistic behavior of immigrant women garment factory employees. Results suggest that newly acquired English skills may be reinforcing linguistic behavior that reconstitutes traditional relations between workers and management. However, EWP does not appear to empower…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Criticism, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
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Poulakis, Victoria – Inquiry, 2001
Describes an English teacher's approach to teaching literature in translation at a community college, which included developing a translation Web site. Addresses issues of language choices in translation, the validity of translated works as literature, and differences among translations of the same work. (NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comprehension, Discourse Modes, English Curriculum
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Olson, Susan J.; Werhan, Carol – Action in Teacher Education, 2005
There is increasing use of distance-learning technologies to deliver alternative teacher licensure and certification programs for those areas of shortage such as rural and urban areas and those content areas for which it is difficult to find highly qualified teachers. This article reviews those collaborative groups, partnerships, and institutions…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Teacher Education Programs, Online Courses
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Winneke, Gerhard; Walkowiak, Jens; Kramer, Ursula – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This paper comments on a critical review of cohort studies on PCB-related neurodevelopmental deficit in young children by D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (CKS). Major points of criticism of CKS, namely alleged violation of statistical principles, presumed lack of clinical significance of findings, and alleged insufficient control of…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Criticism, Statistical Inference, Validity
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Reckase, Mark D. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
This paper provides an analysis of the controversy surrounding the standard setting process conducted by ACT Inc. for the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). This process is the most thoroughly planned, carefully executed, exhaustively evaluated, completely documented, and most visible of any standard setting process of which the author is…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Governing Boards
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Hoelscher, Steven – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2003
In the winter of 1883, the photographer H. H. Bennett decided to spice up his descriptive catalogue of stereo views with something new. Several years earlier, a simple listing of his photographs--mostly landscape views of the area surrounding the Wisconsin River Dells--brought the small-town studio photographer considerable renown and enhanced…
Descriptors: Photography, Tourism, Portraiture, Photojournalism
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Visano, Livy A. – College Quarterly, 2004
The corpus of existing curricular practices relating to the applied degree provides some opportunity to re-visit the Mission of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATS) and transcend local and situated boundaries to consider the relatedness of what members of CAATS do well, what new activities they should be considering and how they face…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Partnerships in Education, Power Structure, Ideology
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Kelehear, Zach – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2006
In this monograph the author offers the reader a new perspective on an important, dynamic, and sometimes daunting issue: managing successful school-based leadership. Organized around the seven elements of art criticism, the author uses an arts-based approach to weave together notions of research-based leadership skills for successful school-based…
Descriptors: Success, School Based Management, School Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness
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