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Kamhi, Michelle Marder – Arts Education Policy Review, 2007
In this article, the author analyzes Arthur Efland's "Art and Cognition," which advocates study of the visual arts for its cognitive benefits. The author argues that Efland's cognitive premises are largely sound but that his specific recommendations often belie the general principles he espouses. Efland focuses on the interpretation of baffling…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Art Education, Books, Cognitive Development
Sylva, Ron – 1989
If visual art is to be taught as a substantive part of the public school curriculum, then it's content and structure need to be translated into a curriculum that provides continuous cognitive and psychological growth and development. While discipline based art education (DBAE) acknowledges the values of art production, the content of art should…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education

Eder, Elizabeth K. – Art Education, 1992
Provides illustrations, questions, and vocabulary to enable students to develop visual thinking skills through the study of architecture and its concepts. Seeks to help students gain a critical appreciation of the built environment and learn to use architecural terms and basic design principles to discuss architecture as a visual art form. (KM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Architecture, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA. – 1987
The rationale for this seminar was to strengthen the discipline-based art education (DBAE) stance and extend its horizons. The format of the proceedings featured a speaker followed by a respondent and group discussions on each of the four issues addressed by the seminar. Dennie Wolf explained how current research in child development and cognitive…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History

Efland, Arthur – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990
Shows how discipline-based art education developed, and relates it to Thomas S. Kuhn's theory of paradigm shifts. Critiques Gilbert Clark, Michael Day, and W. Dwaine Greer's theory of disciplined-based art education and highlights mistaken notions in the inquiry methods of curriculum specialists. Concludes that art educators should focus on how…
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Art Teachers