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Townsend, Lena O. – Afterschool Matters, 2003
Youth programs that meet during the out-of-school hours, particularly those offered by organizations that have historically collaborated with their community members to support their interests and meet their needs, are in a unique position. These programs have the potential for and a history of engaging young people in experiences that can…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Learning Experience
Carpenter, Rachel, Comp. – 1978
Devoted to the visual arts, this volume of the Washington Small Schools Curriculum for grades K-3 utilizes the format of presenting learning objectives with recommended grade placement levels and suggesting activities, monitoring procedures and resources used in teaching the objectives. Chapter 1, Color, presents painter's terms, growth…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Materials
Arts, Education, and Americans, Inc., New York, NY. – 1980
This monograph stresses the importance of art education in elementary and secondary schools and explains how school/community partnership in the arts can help keep arts education programs alive. Part of a series containing background information on arts programs in schools, this document is intended to aid individuals and school art advocacy…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists, Case Studies
Althouse, Rosemary; Johnson, Margaret H.; Mitchell, Sharon T. – 2003
Based on the view that young children will benefit from having art experiences as an integrated part of the curriculum and based on a 3-year study conducted with 5 early childhood teachers, this book presents information on the theory, research, and practice of art in early childhood education. Chapter 1 begins with a description of the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
Meisels, Samuel J.; Stetson, Charlotte; Marsden, Dorothea B. – 2000
Noting that parents have the opportunity to help their children build a strong foundation for learning, this book shows parents of 6- to 8-year-olds how to make learning and discovery fun while developing positive learning attributes and building a bridge between home and school. The book contains 600 creative and low-cost activities, based on the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Childrens Art, Creative Art
Langham, Barbara A. – Texas Child Care, 1997
Provides historical information on native Southwest peoples and their arts to encourage appreciation and understanding of this cultural heritage. Provides instructions and supply lists for age-appropriate craft projects including woven baskets and rugs, clay pots, clay and paper beads, silver bracelets, kachina dolls, sand paintings, dream…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Art
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Milbrath, Constance; Siegel, Bryna – Visual Arts Research, 1996
Traces the development of artistic ability in a six-year-old boy with autism and mild mental retardation. Addresses questions concerning autism and artistic development including whether intellectual realism is a necessary precursor to visual realism and whether a two-dimensional photographic memory is used as opposed to three-dimensional…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Autism
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Kellman, Julia – Visual Arts Research, 1996
Reviews the work of neurobiologist, David Marr, concerning artistic ability and autism. Summarizes Marr's theory of perceptual vision illuminating the relationships among object, observer, perceptual process, and image. Briefly reviews the cases of four autistic people with extraordinary drawing skills. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
Zurmuehlen, Marilyn, Ed. – Working Papers in Art Education, 1986
Papers by graduate students, and occasionally papers from their mentors which establish a context for the student papers, are organized by sponsoring University. Student papers presented are: (1) "Sequencing as a Student Strategy" (Elisabeth Hartung); (2) "The Role of the Horse as Subject Matter in Adolescent Girls' Artwork" (Alanna…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism
Thistlewood, David, Ed. – 1991
This book brings together British and U.S. contributions to the debate of a critical studies approach to art and design education. The approach links practice and appreciation. But critical differences exist in definitions of the term design, with the U.S. recognition of design as the use of principles and elements of art in works and a British…
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Grauer, Kit, Ed. – InSEA News, 1995
Art in context of community is the theme of this newsletter. The theme is introduced in an editorial "Community-Enlarging the Definition" (Kit Grauer). Related articles include: (1) "The Children's Bridge is not Destroyed: Heart in the Middle of the World" (Emil Robert Tanay); (2) "Making Bridges: The Sock Doll…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Art Therapy, Built Environment
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The Children's Art Carnival (CAC) Creative Reading Program combines instruction in reading with art activities, as well as providing the services of a social worker and psychological externs. Operating in sites in Manhattan and Queens, New York, the program served 319 second to sixth grade students during the 1985-86 school year. Students who…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Disadvantaged Youth
Rist, Georg; Schneider, Peter – 1979
This study describes and analyzes the Hibernia School where the aim of curriculum articulation in its essential vertical and horizontal dimensions has been successfully converted into actual practice. (Curriculum articulation means the equal representation and integration of three major components--artistic, practical, and academic learning.)…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescent Development, Art Activities, Art Education
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Balke, Eva – Childhood Education, 1997
Argues that children need play time to explore the world because it is valuable, irreplaceable, spontaneous, and provides situations where children can learn with all their senses. Examines play in terms of its role in exploration, imagination, creative activity, work, learning, knowledge expansion, art, and the culture of children. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
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Payne, Monica A. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Reports on an analysis of the family drawings of a nonclinical sample of 502 Barbadian children ages 7-11. Reveals a correlation among sex, age, and household structure and the inclusion or omission of figures, as well as the size and positioning of the figures of parent and self. (MJP)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Creative Art
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