Practical arts (home economics and industrial arts), art, and music (PAM) were recombined into sixteen new elective courses to give early secondary pupils greater exposure to these areas using central themes and allowing considerable flexibility in programing. (MS)

This document on course goals in art is one part of a critique series dealing with the development and evaluation of course goals in six subject matter areas for grades K-12. The series provides an initial pool of course-level goals that are expected to be of considerable value in assisting educators with goal definition related to curriculum…