Discusses the need to upgrade the art component in elementary teacher education. Guidelines are included which can be used to expose prospective teachers to questions about children's art, visual perception, art appreciation, and teaching strategies. Suggestions for integrating guidelines into teacher education curricula are included. (AM)

A consultant tells about her experiences in helping a small college to develop and install a computer graphics program. Educators must take care when planning because, although some aspects of computer graphics may be attractive and seductive, they may not be practical for a particular situation. (RM)

Proposes an arts education course for elementary school teachers which is designed to stimulate the teacher's aesthetic awareness and personal exploration. The author suggests that course content should be relevant to the learner and should stress personal experience as well as emotional and polysensory awareness of art forms. (AM)

Asserting that elementary classroom teachers want and need specific, inexpensive, practical art projects and that art educators in teacher education should supply such projects and ensure their aesthetic and philosophical soundness, the author describes a scheme for generating a year's worth of such activities for each grade level, K-6.…

The process of curriculum development in art education by committee in Manitoba, Canada, is discussed. Four areas that affect curriculum development by committee are (1) initiation, ownership, and control; (2) selection and composition of the committee; (3) effect of the group process; and (4) cohesion and time factors. (RM)

States that certain institutional realities must be addressed when an art education department considers redesigning its preservice teacher education program to implement discipline-based art education. Identifies three institutional realities: human behavior, departmental leadership, and university structures. Programs, faculty, schedules,…

Through graphic art courses, art teachers can provide students with an understanding of how computers work and how to solve problems with them. How to design a graphics program is discussed. (RM)

Describes a computer system in which art reproductions are described and entered into a database containing 27 categories of information. Named the Visual Art Index System (VIAS), its underlying structure is influenced by contemporary models of aesthetics and art criticism. Maintains that the database and laserdisk can effect teaching methodology,…

Explores the sources of art criticism and reviews some extant pedagogical models. Outlines the content skills to be developed and the role of art criticism in a discipline-based teacher training curriculum. Recommends that art criticism should incorporate pedagogy and other disciplines of art. (KM)

Presents six position statements for developing a multicultural arts curriculum. Suggests strategies for implementing curricula and resources for gathering community information. Provides examples of implementation, including a sample interview to use with artists and sample questions to ask students when analyzing works of art. (KM)

Questions whether art educators are using outmoded, traditional methods in a nontraditional world. Contends that teachers must be appreciative of art's eclectic nature and its ability to help students understand contemporary society. Asserts that the relationship between the art teacher and the student must be both active and reflective. (CFR)

Proposes an art curriculum framework that reduces aesthetics to three theories of art: imitationalist, formalist, and emotionalist. Fits each theory into the curriculum at the appropriate developmental stage of the student. Applies these theories to art criticism, art history, and studio production. (LS)

Adolescents react very positively to computer graphics programs. The biggest obstacle to initiation of computer art in schools is teacher attitudes. Things to consider when starting a computer graphics program are discussed, and some illustrations of student computer art are provided. (RM)

This aricle describes the successful efforts of district arts teachers in saving their art programs in the face of declining enrollments. The Board of Education accepted the committee report, retaining all tenured and non-tenured staff, and was willing to make a substantial financial commitment to the fine arts program. (KC)

Discusses the nature of aesthetics, the kinds of activities involved, its sources, and competing ideologies. Recommends a plan for teaching aesthetics. Maintains that, for aesthetics to be fully implemented into the school, teachers must be asked to participate in designing the curriculum. (KM)