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The Black Box of Schooling: A Cultural History of the Classroom
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Braster, Sjaak, Ed.; Grosvenor, Ian, Ed.; del Mar del Pozo Andres, Maria, Ed. – Peter Lang Brussels, 2011
This book is about the classroom, the most important meeting place for teachers and pupils in an education building. Individuals' knowledge, however, about what happens inside this space is limited. In many respects the classroom is still the black box of the educational system. To open up this box, this volume brings together scholars from the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Classrooms, Educational Change, Photography
American Art Appreciation Activities Kit: Ready-To-Use Lessons, Slides, and Projects for Grades 7-12.
Hume, Helen D. – 1996
This resource kit, for secondary teachers of art, social studies, and the humanities, presents an art appreciation activities program that spans the visual art history of the United States. The kit is organized into nine chronological sections that follow the history of art in the United States: (1) Native American Art (prehistory to the present);…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Picture This: Media Representations of Visual Art and Artists.
Hayward, Philip, Ed. – 1988
Media, particularly in the form of broadcast television, has revolutionized an individual's relationship to culture and cultural practices. This anthology examines the complex set of relationships between art forms, popular cultural practices (including watching television), technology, and audiences. Focus is upon visual arts and artists, and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art, Art Education, Art History
Pluralistic Approaches to Art Criticism.
Blandy, Doug, Ed.; Congdon, Kristin G., Ed. – 1991
Contributors to this anthology analyze the contemporary academic methods for critiquing art and suggest new ways that might further the understandings of art created by diverse individuals and groups. Essays are organized into three sections. Part 1, "Changes and Extensions in Critical Approaches" includes essays: (1) "Beyond Universalism in Art…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Art Criticism
ArtMARC Sourcebook: Cataloging Art, Architecture, and Their Visual Images.
McRae, Linda, Ed.; White, Lynda S., Ed. – 1998
Profiling the proven cataloging methods of experts from libraries, art galleries, museums, and other institutions, this sourcebook outlines cataloging techniques for a wide variety of resources from ancient artifacts to architectural drawings. A data dictionary of relevant MARC fields is also included, along with data conversion comments. A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Architecture, Art, Cataloging
Design as a Catalyst for Learning.
Davis, Meredith; Hawley, Peter; McMullan, Bernard; Spilka, Gertrude – 1997
This book presents findings of a 1993 study of how design in the curriculum helps students achieve national educational objectives. It also explores opportunities for expanding the role design can play in students' academic lives. Results of the 1993 study reveal how the use of design experiences in classrooms provides teachers and students with a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Architecture, Art, Building Design
Architecture is Elementary: Visual Thinking through Architectural Concepts.
Winters, Nathan B. – 1986
This book presents very basic but important concepts about architecture and outlines some of the most important concepts used by great architects. These concepts are taught at levels of perceptual maturity applicable to adults and children alike and progress from levels one through seven as the concepts become progressively intertwined. The…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architectural Programming, Architecture, Buildings