To foster learner focus and deepen engagement while embracing contemporary standards for teaching art and other subjects, teachers must help students more fully understand art images, objects, and events, present and past, so that they can understand the relevance and significance of art in their lives. Using a balanced approach that attends…

The function of aesthetic education in the life of the individual and society is examined. (CK)

The purpose of this article is not to teach anyone how to use a certain word; rather it is to examine the presuppositions, uses, and implications of the concept 'appreciation' in order to make it a more serviceable instrument in educational discussions. (Author/RK)

The perceptual encounter with works of art, after all, is the core of aesthetic experience. How well such encounters succeed for people has to be a central concern of art education. (Author)

This article discusses the implications of the National Assessment in art and its possible influence on the evaluation of art teaching and research in art education. (RC) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).

Article presented the opinions of our political leaders and policymakers with regard to their views about art education and their interests in the aesthetic survival of man. (Editor/RK)

The author presents a conception of aesthetic education grounded in an aesthetic motivation and suggests that an important function of art is to occasion high levels of aesthetic experience, satisfying the universal human instinct for dramatic order. (Paper presented at the Aesthetic Education Conference, London, September 1980.) (Author/SJL)

Described is a teacher-training program--Education for Aesthetic Awareness--designed to sensitize teachers to aesthetics, to help them become aesthetically literate, and to help them be better aesthetic educators. (Author/KC)

The purpose of this book has been to trace the history of the children's theatre movement from its beginnings to the present time. The earliest evidence of children's theatre is found in the social and educational centers of the larger cities. Originating in the social settlements at the turn of the century, drama was first introduced to provide…

Disputes the argument that aesthetic education is important because it contributes to learning the three Rs, and argues that aesthetic education should be considered a fourth R because aesthetic response is "a primary form of experience on which all cognition, judgment, and action depend." (Author/JG)

The author describes the relationship between media, expression, and the arts and suggests what these relationships imply for educational practice, the arts and media research. (Author/AS)

Discusses the "back-to-basics" fallacy, the aesthetic value domain and general education, some problems in arts education, and promising signs and suggestions for the future. (Author/RK)

This publication contains some of the open-ended art exercises used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress in its 1978-79 assessment of the art ability of students ages nine through 17. The objective is to provide classroom teachers easy access to released and tested art assessment materials. The open-ended exercises required students…

Since their establishment in the 1870s, American museums have professed to be educational institutions and have attempted with varying degrees of success to promote aesthetic awareness and visual education. The author reviews past efforts, current issues, and future potentials in museum education. (Author/SJL)