Author attempted to clarify the issues and to provide the background needed to understand the roots and assumptions of the movement towards accountability as well as the movement to technologize curriculum planning and teaching. (Author/RK) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Evaluation).

This article attempts to clarify issues concerning, and provide the background needed to understand, the roots and assumptions of the movement towards accountability as well as the movement to technologize curriculum planning and teaching. (RC)

States that amidst optimism and controversy, discipline-based art education (DBAE) has entered the U.S. art education scene. Attempts to put DBAE in perspective, to identify its roots, and to alleviate the concerns of some about its message. (Author/BSR)

Capitulation to the view that arts education is not the school's responsibility will remove from the school what it needs most: activities and problems that stimulate the imagination, tasks that celebrate ambiguity, prize sensitivity, and encourage children to take intellectual risks. (Author)

Based on the presumption that art teachers ought to be able to describe the value of what they do and place it within a framework for rationalizing the contributions of their work to the educational development of the students they teach, this research is an attempt to describe what children learn when they paint, draw, or make three-dimensional…

Explains how the author's ideas about the development of the mind and forms through which its contents are revealed developed. Also, explores uncertainties the author has felt about educational philosophy and practice, and discusses implications for future educational research that does justice to the development of human intellectual capacities.…

Reprints the 1978 article as a representative example of thinking about art education during the 1970s. Provides a thorough overview of the state of art education at that time. Considers educational policies, national programs, conflicting philosophies, and cultural factors. Concludes with 10 recommendations for improving art education. (MJP)

Reprints the 1966 article as a representative example of thinking about art education during the 1960s. Primarily answers criticisms raised by Victor D'Amico in his attack on the current state of art education, and art education research in particular. Defends this research against charges of irrelevancy and academic indulgence. (MJP)