A 1976 conference on "The Arts and Aesthetics: An Agenda for the Future" examined the progress of arts activity since the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and charted an agenda for research in eight primary areas. (MJB)

Curriculum activities in arts education during the last two decades and their significance for curriculum development in the arts are explored in this article. (DF)

A rationale is offered for training teachers in the various fine arts and for training teachers who are specialists in art education. Elementary school teachers need more grounding in subject matter disciplines, and art educators should be steeped in the art they are teaching. (PP)

Designed to integrate aesthetic education into the mainstream of an elementary school program,, the curriculum development process and sample units of the Aesthetic Education Program are described in volume one of this final report. The introduction describes the program, the curriculum development process, the curriculum, and the overall goals of…

Volume two of the report on the Aesthetic Education Program contains summaries of research and evaluation projects on the program plus reports on teacher education and dissemination of the materials. The research and evaluation section of the report includes formative and summative evaluation summaries and also a list of pilot tests of the…

This document describes the aesthetic education curriculum developed by the Aesthetic Education Program (AEP) of the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Lab. Developed for elementary grades, the curriculum is intended to enhance aesthetic perception, teach the arts, create a better living environment, promote general education, and use the…