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McSorely, Julie – Studies in Art Education, 1996
Utilizes a phenomenographic (study of the world as it is conceptualized) qualitative study to ascertain art teachers' attitudes towards teaching art criticism. Categorizes six conceptions of teaching art criticism and includes a description and interpretation of each. Discusses the limitations of these approaches and the implications for teacher…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education

Falletta, Barbara – Art Education, 1996
Presents a series of instructional resources that includes three color plates illustrating the work of three sculptresses. Portrays the historical subjects: colonial America's Virginia Dare, the biblical Hagar, and ancient history's Zenobia. Activities include researching the artist, the subject, and the historical period. Discusses the White…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Whalen, Shari – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Describes a musical created by third-grade students and their teachers in Colorado explaining Native American legends. Describes how teachers wrote songs for the program, students narrated and acted in the musical and painted scenery, costumes were brought from home and made at school. Discusses curricular areas addressed in the musical, including…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians

Cohen, Monroe D.; Hoot, James L. – Childhood Education, 1997
Introduces and describes this special international issue focusing on educating through the arts. Argues that the arts promote children's sense of success, creativity, and self-expression. Notes contributions to this international issue from Canada, Finland, Norway, Australia, and the United States. Includes a bibliography of 11 references on…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation

Senger, Elizabeth S.; And Others – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Describes a classroom project integrating children's literature, Japanese culture, and geometry that grew out of the local killing of a Japanese exchange student. Fourth-graders read "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" around which the interdisciplinary unit was developed. Topics covered included Japanese culture, American social…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Cultural Education, Elementary Education

Cole, Elizabeth – School Arts, 1990
Develops a unit to help elementary school children revive the spontaneous bright color painting qualities of their preschool years. After observing book illustrations and Henri Rousseau's work, second grade students created compositions outlined in black paint and then used felt-tipped markers instead of paint to color in the shapes. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression

Zaslavsky, Claudia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Described is how folk art can be used to teach spatial thinking and symmetry. Activities are open-ended and can be used for all age groups and levels of development. Mathematics is integrated with the study of culture, art, and history in these activities. (KR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Mathematics

Schiller, Marjorie – Art Education, 1994
Reviews arguments against including content-rich art activities within the special education curriculum. Provides counterarguments for including such activities and reports on the work of a speech pathologist who used art activities. Discusses approaches and strategies for teaching children with behavior problems. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Behavior Problems, Class Activities

Carrigan, Jeanne – Art Education, 1994
Asserts that art teachers must be prepared to understand and work with persons with disabilities. Describes a one-semester pilot program for art education students designed to examine what kinds of academic preparation and practicum experiences are needed. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Art Therapy

Henry, Carole – Studies in Art Education, 1995
Postulates that students' untutored and unrehearsed verbatim responses to viewing artworks parallel specific schools of thought in aesthetic theory. Middle school students tape recorded their responses to a previous museum visit. Their responses reflected some of the key concepts in expressivism, institutionalism, and formalism. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education

Michael, John A. – Art Education, 1991
Shows how two approaches, nurture (subject-matter centered) and nature (child-centered), have affected education and art education over the years. Concludes that whichever approach is fashionable, art education must be relevant to students' lives and they should be able to talk intelligently about art. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary student activities for art (winter holiday crafts); reading/language arts (fantasy in stories, elements of folk stories from India, writing sequels to fairy tales); science (animal symbiosis); and social…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Barrett, Maurice – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1990
Argues that evaluation and assessment are essential to both the practical and conceptual aspects of art education. Outlines criteria and guidelines for developing different evaluation methods. Proposes a process model for evaluating students' work. Maintains that all students will enhance their learning if they negotiate the criteria and purposes…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Educational Assessment

Henley, David R. – School Arts, 1990
Examines how discipline based art education (DBAE) has affected the teaching of art to exceptional children. Argues that balance must be maintained between self-expression and academic rigor. Recommends using reproductions of artistic works as visual motivational aids. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Education

Berghoff, Beth – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2000
This article discusses how a first-grade inclusive classroom immersed students in multiple sign systems to foster literacy, including art, drama, and music, science, and movement activities. The second part profiles a boy with learning difficulties and what was learned about him in an attempt to take an aesthetic stance toward assessment.…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Curriculum Design