Publication Date
In 2025 | 18 |
Since 2024 | 116 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 407 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 943 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1839 |
Descriptor
Theater Arts | 4801 |
Drama | 1174 |
Foreign Countries | 1003 |
Teaching Methods | 880 |
Higher Education | 858 |
Art Education | 661 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 599 |
Dramatics | 515 |
Secondary Education | 453 |
Visual Arts | 429 |
Music | 402 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Howe, Richard D. | 22 |
Klein, Jeanne | 21 |
Gallagher, Kathleen | 13 |
Miller, Bruce | 13 |
Cwi, David | 12 |
Ratliff, Gerald Lee | 12 |
Young, Chase | 11 |
Saldana, Johnny | 10 |
Chilcoat, George W. | 8 |
Christian, Cinda | 8 |
McCammon, Laura A. | 8 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 426 |
Teachers | 326 |
Administrators | 71 |
Students | 68 |
Researchers | 64 |
Policymakers | 46 |
Community | 13 |
Media Staff | 12 |
Parents | 11 |
Counselors | 4 |
Support Staff | 3 |
More ▼ |
Location
Canada | 116 |
Australia | 100 |
United Kingdom | 93 |
United Kingdom (England) | 66 |
California | 59 |
United States | 50 |
New York | 44 |
New York (New York) | 44 |
India | 37 |
South Africa | 36 |
Illinois | 28 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Hutchens, James; Pankratz, David B. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2000
Describes the Transforming Education through the Arts Challenge (TETAC) initiative. Discusses issues to be addressed if change in arts education is to be achieved, specifically teacher preparation, professional development, networking, and standards and accountability. (CMK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Dance Education

Frechtling, Joy – Arts Education Policy Review, 2000
Reflects on the balancing act among the methodological, practical, and political forces in the arts that affect evaluation, focusing on evaluations of systemic reform. Discusses the meaning of systemic reform and the special requirements added when the arts are the main force behind the education changes. Offers an illustration. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Mans, Minette E. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2000
Provides background information on arts education and policy in the African context focusing on four countries: (1) Ghana; (2) Kenya; (3) Tanzania; and (4) Namibia. Introduces the articles in the symposium on "Arts Education Policy in Africa" in this issue of Art Education Policy Review. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Education

Safer, L. Arthur; Harding, Carol Gibb – Adolescence, 1993
Describes Under Pressure Program, innovative communication-centered approach designed to involve Chicago public junior and senior high school students in considering problems and prevention of adolescent substance abuse. Presents four integral parts of Under Pressure format: faculty/staff community inservice; theatrical performance;…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, High School Students, Interpersonal Communication, Junior High School Students

Chilcoat, George – Social Studies Review, 1998
Outlines and discusses a series of activities using puppet theater to explore social community issues. Draws inspiration from the street theater of the 1960s that used puppetry and engaged the audience in lively conversations during productions. Includes instructions for building puppets and suggestions for plays and performance material. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creative Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education

James, Patricia – Journal of Developmental Education, 1999
Asserts that the arts offer students in developmental education new ways to acquire creative and critical skills that are essential for becoming self-directed learners. States that the arts offer alternative forms of literacy and ways to construct meaning and sensitize students to other cultures. Contains 19 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Expression, Classroom Techniques

Hotvedt, Rebecca – Educational Leadership, 2001
Integrating the arts into daily instruction can enhance at-risk students' learning of academic subjects. To overcome learning barriers, students need a talent or skill (like role playing) that takes them to a new environment, and they need a dedicated mentor to provide emotional support while they are still learning. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Art Education, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth
Hamalainen, Soili – Research in Dance Education, 2002
The most familiar form of evaluation in Western theatrical dance is aesthetic judgement, which considers dance performances as objects of art. This is how dance critics usually approach dance. However, there is more to evaluation than this. It also plays an integral part in learning: it can help a student develop skills in choreography as well as…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Evaluators, Teaching Methods, Evaluation
Jones, Ted C.; And Others – 1996
This paper discusses the creative use of information technologies to teach world theater in a course at Austin Peay State University (Tennessee). Compared with western theater, world theater demands a broader access to information than is generally available. The goal of the course is to compare various forms of theater using materials and human…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Drama, Electronic Mail
Mitchell, Ruth, Ed. – 1994
This book takes a detailed look at current knowledge as basis for assessment policy; describes arts education assessment currently being developed or implemented; and proposes policy directions. The book is organized in 7 chapters: (1) "What Standards and Assessment Can Do for Arts Education" brings together statements advocating standards and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance Education, Drama, Educational Assessment
Aul, Billie; Yates, Melinda – 1993
Selected resources of the New York State Library that document the achievements of African Americans in the arts, as well as the historical and cultural contexts of these achievement, are listed. In addition to primary sources and significant historical and critical works, the bibliography contains references to other bibliographies and research…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Culture, Black History, Black Literature
Hewitt, Catherine B.; And Others – 1993
This document, part of a series of papers which describe the assessment of student learning in various school curriculum areas from prekindergarten through grade 12, focuses on the assessment of student learning in fine arts education. After an overview of current curriculum goals in fine arts education, subsequent sections describe…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dance, Drama, Educational Assessment
Tapia, John Edward – 1997
In 1874, Methodist minister John Vincent began a Sunday school retreat on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, New York, the mission of which was education. Initial offerings such as Bible reading, biblical geography, and public oration were supplemented with general education and entertainment activities. In the late 19th century, the Chautauqua…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Education, Informal Education
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. Office of Indian Education Programs. – 1998
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) developed 30 American Indian content standards for arts education, based on the 1994 U.S. national content standards. Like the national standards, they are intended to apply across all grade levels (K-12) and are divided into the four arts disciplines of dance, music, theater, and visual arts. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Aesthetic Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Ward, Cynthia – 1994
A study examined the process of putting together a class play and assessed how the performance of the play affected the self-esteem of a first-grade class. Subjects, 21 students representing diverse demographic factors, completed two self-esteem measures (a self-evaluation instrument and an interview) before and after the theater production. Over…
Descriptors: Blacks, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Communication Research