This secondary level art curriculum guide helps students to individualize visual and plastic arts experience. It is divided into sections on the nature of art, elements of art, and movements and trends in the world of art. Materials direct the teacher toward important events and concepts, useful exercises, and pertinent points for student…

Art studies is a sequence of experiences intended to enhance Alberta, Canada students' knowledge in the discipline of art, emphasizing the student as critic, consumer, and historian. Art 11 surveys the role of the artifact in every day life. Art 21 surveys the history of art in western culture. Art 31 examines the impact of international influence…

Results of a summer training seminar for elementary art teachers showed that students taught by teachers trained in aesthetic education demonstrate a measurable increase in their sensitivity to aesthetic stimuli. The seminar is described and the evaluation results are discussed. (RM)