This article recounts how during COVID-19, the author's fine arts class was forced into an online mode. The old class design, which was based on physical classrooms and physical locations, was now unsuitable for online teaching. With Malaysian education's emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and art dismissed as a minor…

Discusses the major reasons why microcomputers have not yet become commonplace in the arts and describes how the College of Communications and Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) researched, planned, and implemented a college-wide computer technology program. (GEA)

The efficacy of online learning programs is tied to the suitability of the program in relation to the target audience. Based on the dataset that provides information on student enrollment, academic performance, and demographics extracted from a data warehouse of a large Southwest institution, this study explored the factors that could distinguish…

This study was conducted in a large urban school district. Fifty-nine elementary schools, designated as Fine Arts Schools by the district, were organized as a Fine Arts School Network. The school district partnered with an external arts organization to deliver research-based, consistent and collaborative professional development to art, music,…

In this article, Elliot Eisner defends the sections he wrote for the Getty Trust report entitled "Beyond Creating: The Place of Art in American Schools." (JDH)

Calls for arts educators to (1) design a program that will encompass all the arts; (2) build a support system for arts education throughout the rest of the curriculum; (3) review incidental arts learning that occurs throughout the physical school environment; and (4) insure that arts education is included in annual administrative planning. (PD)

Calls for art educators to assume a leadership role in the general reform of education in order to ensure a strong and stable base for art education in the schools. (PD)

Discusses the use of fine arts as sources to enrich the study of history. Suggests that such works will serve as barometers of change, examples of cross-cultural influences, and political messages. Includes suggestions of works and artists from different historic periods. (DK)

In spite of the fact that the fine arts have been generally bypassed by major educational movements, evidence suggests that the arts will become fashionable by the 1980s. (Author/JM)

Discusses elements of a larger work on music education in the context of a rebuttal to critics. Includes sections on philosophical bases, composing and performing, works of music, musical listening, musical understanding, verbal knowledge, music and other arts, musical creativity, and educational values. (DSK)

In this article, the author reports the results of a national survey taken by state assessment directors on the impact of No Child Left Behind on nonassessed subjects between the years 2001-5. Results indicate that during this time, statewide assessment of science and writing increased whereas it decreased in the social studies, arts and…

Calls for realistic attitudes among educators who are attempting to include the arts, especially music, in the basic school curriculum. States that unrealistic hopes and expectations invite disappointment and frustration and risk the dissipation of resources. Examines the questions of what to teach and why, who will teach, and who will be taught.…

The Virginia Beach (VA) schools provide a comprehensive, highly structured, and creative art curriculum that is as balanced and specific as the basic subjects curriculum. (Author/MD)

Houston, Texas has experienced a phenomenal growth in the arts. The opening of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts enabled students who were gifted and talented in the fine arts to participate in a program of combined academic instruction and artistic training. (JN)

Presents a brief historical overview of the basic premises for fine arts education. Emphasizes that the fine arts should be taught as an end in themselves, with no utilitarian function attached to them. States that such aesthetic education is a necessity in the development of human beings. (GEA)