This article addresses specific issues within arts-integration experiences in schools. Focusing on the relationship between positive emotions, learning, and the Arts, the article discusses empirical data that has been drawn from a research study, Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Adopting Artfulness in Danish Schools. When schools integrate the…

This article presents an artist-centered approach to thinking about teaching artist professional development. This framework is intended both as a concrete basis for actual workshops and courses and as a scalable concept for more in-depth curriculum for the development of TA practice. The author addresses it as much to working TAs (who are the…

Fully updated to reflect current issues in the field of art education. Checklists embedded in charts allow users to indicate where their school or district stands in relation to the criteria--which has been expanded to include district wide, elementary, middle, high school, and superior standards. The criteria within the checklists reflect…

This article explores the curriculum development implications of greater acceptance of the importance of fine arts to learning, the centrality of art to the development of an individual's uniqueness, and the disciplinary nature of the study of art. Proposes a model for art education in the primary school that ensures equity and excellence in all…

Asserts that aesthetic questions and aesthetic understanding provide the framework for learning in art. Contrasts formalism (the belief that art exists for its own sake) with contextualism (the belief that art is part of a social communication system). Maintains that a balanced art program should incorporate both approaches. (MJP)

In planning an art curriculum, consideration should be given to ways of instilling relevant concepts in the students who will be exposed to the course of study. In addition, the materials that will be used in the classroom should be carefully evaluated beforehand. (CK)

Considered the art curriculum and the need to emphasize the cognitive aspects of a child's perceptual development. (Author/RK)

Art education is discussed as a necessary basic skill which develops aesthetic responses fundamental to life experience. The role of art in internalized cognitive mechanisms is illustrated by the "American Freedom Festival," a day of school activities in many arts, developing the "whole" child's resources and sense of discovery. (CM)

Discussed the development of an art heritage program with the objective of accepting historical art as a daily experience of value. (Author/RK)

Goals and rationales for designating arts education as fundamental to the educational process are presented. The document is organized into three sections. The first two sections examine goals for schooling in the United States (as analyzed by Goodlad and others) and existing rationales advanced on behalf of the centrality of the arts to…

The import of these brief notes is that the systematic planning of art education should involve experts who range from philosophers to technical advisers. The teacher's primary expertise stems from the studio or workshop. A diagram shows this link between direct experience and scholarship. (Author/RK)

Argues that children need more than basic reading and writing skills to be successful. Advocates the teaching of the arts as an obligation to the development of a a well-rounded individual. Defines the aims and content of discipline-based art education (DBAE) and offers alternative approaches to implementing it in the K-12 curriculum. (BR)

An aesthetic education has many objectives, all of which must be taken into consideration when attempting to develop a suitable art curriculum. (CK)

Proposes an arts education course for elementary school teachers which is designed to stimulate the teacher's aesthetic awareness and personal exploration. The author suggests that course content should be relevant to the learner and should stress personal experience as well as emotional and polysensory awareness of art forms. (AM)