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Borne, Cynthia – 1983
A descriptive study surveyed the visual arts opportunities for gifted and talented elementary students in Indiana. Surveys completed by 109 art teachers revealed demographic information as well as data on teacher certification and education. Among results were that 65% had written curricula for their regular art class, and 5% had written curricula…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Curriculum, Elementary Education
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Greer, W. Dwaine; Rush, Jean C. – Art Education, 1985
The Getty Center for Education in the Arts established the 1983 and 1984 Institutes for Educators on the Visual Arts to explore the introduction of discipline-based art programs into elementary schools. Teachers attending a summer staff development program planned programs for their own shools. The institutes are described and future plans are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Futures (of Society)
Clark, Gilbert; Zimmerman, Enid – 1997
This publication reports findings related to "Project ARTS: Arts for Rural Teachers and Students," a collaborative program among Indiana University, New Mexico State University, and Converse College in South Carolina. Seven rural elementary schools in those three states were also selected to participate. This report provides an overview…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum
Rush, Jean C; And Others – 1984
Teams of elementary teachers, school administrators, and school board members from seven representative school districts in Los Angeles County (California) participated in a 3-week summer institute (1983) with the aim of learning to plan and implement systematic discipline-based art programs that included aesthetic, critical, historical, and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Schaffer, Nancy K. – Notes from Workshop Center for Open Education, 1977
Discusses the implementation and benefits of a program involving Noriko Prince, a painter and art educator; Pedro Silva, the sculptor who directed the building of the mosaic bench around Grant's Tomb Memorial Plaza; four elementary schools in District 3, Manhattan; teacher cooperation; parent support for funding; City College sponsorship, and a…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Artists, Educational Facilities
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Clark, Gilbert; Zimmerman, Enid – Art Education, 2000
Describes Project ARTS (Arts for Rural Teachers and Students), a 3-year community-based research and development program for students with high interest and abilities in the performing and visual arts. Focuses on the project's curriculum and assessment. Addresses the applicability of the program to other rural areas. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Fine Arts
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The District of Columbia's Multi-Arts Service Program, in its third year of implementation (1984-85), is a multi-disciplinary program in music, dance, theater, and visual arts. The program's primary objectives are to (1) increase student awareness of the arts through assemblies, (2) increase student interest in the arts through…
Descriptors: Art Education, Assembly Programs, Compensatory Education, Dance
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
This final report describes the objectives, the evaluation design, and the findings of a project which provided training and support to elementary teachers to enable them to integrate drama, dance/movement, visual arts, and music into their daily academic programs. The project had two main components carried out by an arts team with members…
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance, Drama, Elementary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
Released by the New York City Board of Education, this document reports on the success of the Learning to Read Through the Arts program for grades two through six during the 1985-86 school year. The first section introduces the Chapter 1 program, which was offered for 32 weeks at 6 different New York City sites, and explains how students are…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Ability
Goldinher, Martin R. – 1984
The Program Development for Artistically Talented Project (ATP) in the Dade County Schools, Florida, funded by the Education Consolidation Improvement Act, Chapter 2, was designed to provide technical support to the locally funded program for artistically talented elementary students through: (1) the development of a curriculum/program guide; and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Attitude Measures, Curriculum Guides, Dance
Guerrero, Frank; And Others – 1990
The Chapter 1 Developer/Demonstration Program, Learning to Read Through the Arts (LTRTA), offers intensive reading and reading-oriented arts instruction to Chapter 1-eligible students. During the 1988-89 school year, the program served 100 ungraded special education students and 716 general education and limited English proficient (LEP) students…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1983
A model elementary art curriculum for use in Manitoba (Canada) schools is outlined. The guide's first section provides an overview of the program, discussing why art is taught in grades 1-6, program design, goals, objectives, implementation and evaluation, special education, child development in art and a scope and sequence. The second section…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Materials