"Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts" focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies. The book walks school librarians and administrators through the process of gathering information from students and other stakeholders involved in…

Aesthetic value enhances personal and professional lives and contributes to people's environment. If one defines the aesthetic sense as the faculty that enables one to modify the quality of his or her environment, then it follows that aesthetic education should be a means to achieve this end. In order for that to happen, there must be changes both…

Defines literacy to include literacies and examines literacies through the arts with a view of cognition and learning that explicates the differing forms of representation in aesthetic education. An expanded view of literacy learning is presented under the umbrella of problem solving. The article discusses classroom practice. (SM)

Discusses how unity within an eclectic campus scheme can be created with thoughtful landscaping and site master planning. Discusses the benefits of a unified campus and the use of a landscape architect. (EV)

Aesthetic creativity is explained to emphasize sensory content and a nonverbal mode of cognition. Examples are given in which aesthetic creativity is emphasized through productive and receptive activities. (CL)

Factors to help students develop creative aesthetic discrimination in music are discussed, and the importance of educating students to be intelligent consumers of music is stressed. Considered are specific objectives in music education, sociological aspects, musical skills, and imagery. (CL)

The ideas of three curriculum theorists (John I. Goodlad, Ralph Tyler, and Elliot Eisner) offer a rich source for the development of rationales that can establish music education as an indispensable part of the curriculum. (AM)

The second edition of "19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City" adds new questions to those in the original volume. Continuing the developing conversation in urban education, the book is provocative in style and rich in detail. Emphasizing the complexity of urban education, Shirley R. Steinberg and the authors ask direct questions about what…

This monograph sets forth a theoretical basis for advocating a program of disciplinary arts education as an integral part of general education from kindergarten through grade 12. The title, "The Role of Imagery in Learning," indicates the centrality of aesthetic perception of images. To make the case, it is necessary to show by analysis,…

While this article deals with the construction of a curriculum in aesthetic education, the foundational/ functional plan outlined by the author transcends the topic of aesthetic education and provides numerous insights into the problems and prospects for curriculum building and educational change. (Editor/SJL)

Besides making useful and decorative projects, nature crafts encourage participants to explore and become aware of the world around them, which can lead to pursuits in the natural sciences, extensive collections, or career choices. Offers 14 guidelines for including nature crafts in outdoor programming, and suggests 16 projects. (TD)

The purpose of the monograph is to identify instructional practices in art criticism that are based upon historical developments in aesthetics. Part 1 presents a history of the transformation of the aesthetics into the three areas of art doctrine, art history, and art criticism. Part 2 provides an overview of major developments in the history and…

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part, "Speaking Pictures and Visual Poems," briefly considers the origin of the term "sister arts." Discussed are the three main features of the historical relationship between painting and literature in the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain and draws out their educational implications. Part 2,…

This set of papers documents evaluation research methodologies that have emerged during the course of evaluating arts in the schools programs over a 6-year period. The papers follow in chronological order, from an early program involving practicing artists in inner city schools, to a report of a follow-up evaluation study 5 years after the…

A district-wide language arts program for kindergarten through grade eight that emphasizes aesthetic expression in addition to a basic skills component is described in this booklet. The booklet also presents a statement of the goals of the school district's board of education, a list of overall program goals, and information on general program…