Interest in curriculum integration (CI) has resurged recently as schools seek to bring together knowledge from separate curriculum areas to create a more holistic, integrated learning experience for students to address the demands of "twenty-first century" learning. As the educational sciences deliver new research on the role of the arts…

Discusses the lack of research into the art education of students within the adolescent stage. Examines the rationales of secondary art education and addresses art education for this age level within New Zealand that characterizes Western art education. Includes references. (CMK)