Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551256
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0736-0770
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Art Education and At-Risk Youth: Enabling Factors of Visual Expressions.
O'Thearling, Sibyl; Bickley-Green, Cynthia Ann
Visual Arts Research, v22 n1 p20-25 Spr 1996
Examines a visual art program for at-risk students that attempts to increase self-esteem, stimulate inquiry, and develop critical thinking through art criticism and self- expression. Summarizes the responses of 11 at-risk students and 35 general education college students to the question, "What is art?" (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Art Education, Art Therapy, College Students, Creative Expression, Definitions, Educational Therapy, Educationally Disadvantaged, Fundamental Concepts, High Risk Students, High School Students, Improvement Programs, Piagetian Theory, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Self Expression, Socialization, Visual Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Teachers
Language: English
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