Visual arts, movement, and music are all connected by common structural elements. The lesson described in this article was prepared so that teacher candidates in elementary education may make connections among music, movement, and the visual arts using an elemental integration approach. This lesson used visual art to introduce the concept of line…

Seventeen research papers and discussions representing diverse topics concerning research in the arts and presented as part of the 1983 Arts and Learning Special Interest Group (SIG) program of the American Educational Research Association are presented in the first of two volumes. Papers presented are: "Ways to Talk and What to Say: A Study…

Identifies eight resources that help educators extend and enrich the literacy experiences of students through the weaving of drama, music, and the visual arts into responses to literature, writing, and other areas of the curriculum. (RS)

Offers brief descriptions of 35 recently published children's books that view language as a means of expressing ideas, telling stories, and creating imaginative possibilities. Groups books into those that use language of imagination, of performance, of music, of visual arts, and expressive language. Notes a few ideas on inviting readers to respond…

The author, formerly a Soviet art teacher, describes his technique for combining music and painting. After teaching children the fundamentals of music technique and color, he has them experience a piece of music and paint their reactions. One of several articles in this issue on art teaching in other countries. (SJL)

Describes the Portal School Project and the way in which it involves preservice teachers in early in-classroom teaching experiences. Presents a qualitative research study that illuminates the challenges associated with preparing preservice teachers to accept responsibility for devising and presenting lessons that link reading and writing with…

Presents an activity combining music and art in which students create a picture expressing a particular style of music. Develops skills in painting and drawing from observation. The paintings include a realistic drawing of one or more instruments and convey the feelings of the instrument's musical style. (CMK)

This elementary core curriculum is written to communicate what students are expected to know and be able to do in dance, music, theater, and visual arts in the state of Utah. The curriculum provides the basis for professionalism and accountability for teachers, and defines the expectations and achievement standards for students. The Utah core…

The booklet presents California guidelines for arts education of gifted students in Grades 1 through 6. An introductory section examines the relevance of cognitive domain factors (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) to the arts. The second section presents 12 sample lesson plans in creative movement and…

This booklet provides parents with practical ways to introduce their children to the arts with the continuous message to encourage children to imagine. This book revises and updates the earlier publication "Three Rs for the '90s." Following the foreword by Robert Coles and an introduction by Jane Alexander, the chapters include: (1) "Dance and…

Examines Duxberry Park Arts IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Model Program in the Arts for Children and Teachers) Alternative School (Columbus, Ohio) that includes the arts in all aspects of the traditional curriculum. Discusses the IMPACT model, Duxberry's interdisciplinary approach, the factors that contribute to the school's success, and the…

The document discusses a study to describe, analyze, and interpret the cultural climate of an elementary school in Texas which has a special fine arts program. Cultural climate is defined as the atmosphere that surrounds an arts program as defined by comments and actions of school administrators, art teachers, classroom teachers, students,…

The purpose of this teaching guide is to provide suggestions for integrating reading skills instruction with the content areas of speech, drama, music, and the visual arts. Activities and techniques are described for developing psychomotor skills and sensory learning experiences that are common to both reading and the arts. A model art-reading…

The guide presents instructions for art activities to be used by parents at home, particularly with handicapped children. The objective is to encourage parents to bring the arts into the lives of these children on a regular basis and also to help them develop basic learning skills, self-esteem, and an interest in the arts. The guide is divided…

Analyzed three fifth-grade textbook series and the teachers' editions for the distribution of artistic forms of representation and the social studies content with which those representations were associated. Found that visual art was the primary representational form and was used as evidence for students to perceive and respond to when studying…