Outlines and illustrates a process of teacher-student dialog based on Ingarden's analysis of art appreciation and Beardsley's discussion of art criticism. A qualified teacher guides student in grasping a work of art's pervasive quality, describing and interpreting its parts and relations, and judging the overall expression of the work. (AM)

Explains how senior high school students increased their ability to critically analyze the visual images that bombard them daily through television by making a videotape which involved the students in critiquing the paintings of Francis Silver. (JDH)

Provides a visual analysis of Wayne Thiebaud's painting of a San Francisco street scene, "Corner Apartments (Down 18th Street)." Identifies key concepts, provides a brief biography, and suggests four elementary level and five secondary level follow-up activities. (JDH)

Suggests ways in which art can be used to introduce students in high school level social studies classes to Japanese culture. Methods include showing students pictures of screens or buildings, asking students to write paragraphs about daily life, asking students to analyze woodblock prints, and directing students to read and try their hand at…

Adolescents need classroom assignments which require their interaction with a work of art. Learning activities which will help students find meaning in art are described. (RM)

Emphasizes the importance of discrimination and restraint in the use of graphics in yearbook layout.

Article seeks to explore certain ways in which art teaching can be incorporated into general studies programs designed for older pupils in secondary schools. (Editor)

As examples of how a social studies unit on Japan can make us of various art forms, the article suggests ways in which teachers can incorporate information about sculpted figures, box covers, temple decoration, wooden figures, costumes, screens, jars, and water colours into the curriculum. (DB)

Reports on the attitudes of 520 New York City students toward the city's museums. (DS)

Describes using the art and music of Impressionism to approach Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," enabling students to understand how Crane's series of vivid episodes and brilliant but detached images melt into one another, forming a whole picture. (SR)

What help can an internationallly known artist be to children who have no commitment to art? The author reports on a particularly intensive day's work for secondary pupils in Kingston-on-Thames. (Editor)

An intriguing investigation into why individuals prefer some works of art over other works and what it means to art education. (Editor)

Outlines a three-period unit for secondary school students that aims to link the experience of poetry with the experience of works of art. Includes teacher responses to the outline. (HOD)

Explores the use of analogies in architectural design, the importance of Gestalt theory and aesthetic cannons in understanding and being sensitive to architecture. Emphasizes the variation between public and professional appreciation of architecture. Notes that an understanding of architectural process enables students to improve the aesthetic…

This document describes a study to assess the change in students' responses toward the visual arts as a result of their participation in an entrance level art course. The course was structured to provide the students with an understanding of art skills, a recognition of excellence in art objects, and knowledge of diversity of delivery through…