Instead of presenting arguments to prove that art promotes the general welfare, author attempted to indicate the way in which he thought this promotion could best be accomplished. (Author/RK)

Author considered how cultural services, conceived of mainly as the arts and humanities complex, relate to other cultural activities. (Author/RK)

Article considered the meaning of cultural services and its meaning for career education and professional education as well as the need for primary production and delivery services. (Author/RK)

Discusses the meanings of the words culture, bourgeoisie, and ideology as a prelude to analyzing the condition of contemporary society. (RK)

The purpose of this essay is to provide guidelines for curriculum development in the occupational cluster designated by the Center for Occupational and Adult Education of the Office of Education as "the fine arts and humanities." (Author)

Examines the economic, social, educational, and political justifications for public subsidies for the arts. The author finds that each argument reflects a utilitarian bias. Support for the arts for their own intrinsic aesthetic value is not used as a justification. (AM)

Questions who decides what a culturally literate person needs to know and its social implications. Comments on the lack of dance references in E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy." Discusses what a person needs to know about dance. Analyzes dance as art in the context of cultural literacy's requirements. (KM)

Uses E. D. Hirsch's concepts of art, culture, and multiculturalism to rethink the philosophy and practice of arts education. Analyzes culture and multiculturalism and suggests that music education be conceived in multicultural terms. Disputing Hirsch's cultural uniformity, maintains that music educators should preserve the integrity of music…

Reviews research indicating that formal educational attainment is the major predictor of a person's involvement in the arts and cultural activities. Speculates on the importance of aesthetic education to the individual's intellectual development and economic welfare. Looks at the school's role in providing equal aesthetic opportunity. Proposes…

Discusses theater education in the areas of curriculum, production, and criticism, as proposals in E. D. Hirsch's, "Cultural Literacy" might affect it. Explains context, cultural literacy, and contextual criticism in theater education. Traces interwoven history of education and theater. Explores how embracing Hirsch's proposal would…

Describes different theories of art and how they disagree on the question of the way that artworks relate to the circumstance of their origins and use. Discusses how these circumstances influence the way one thinks about artworks. Considers where E. D. Hirsch's ideas on cultural literacy fit into this aesthetic controversy. (KM)