THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENTS OF 53 SMALL, MIDWESTERN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE BASIC RESEARCH NEEDS FOR BETTER DEFINING THE DEVELOPMENTAL ROLE OF THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE SMALL COLLEGE CURRICULUM. OF THE TOTAL SAMPLE OF COLLEGES, 47 HAD 2 TO 4 FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS, AND THE REMAINING 6 AVERAGED OVER 5 STAFF…

A school-based experimental investigation concerned with contour maps is described. The results, together with those of some other related investigations, point to probable value of models, stereograms, anaglyphs, and other stereoscopic presentations in the teaching of three-dimensional subjects. (Author)

Various combinations of tables, charts, graphs, and explanatory verbiage are normally used to analyze and feedback survey data to groups. Perception mapping provides an alternative to the many pages typically used in this process. (Author)

Considers influences on the design and production of books at the turn of the century, including the influences of symbolists and other European poets (e.g., Blake, Wilde, Verhaeren, Maeterlinck, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Huysmans, George, von Hofmannsthal, and Rilke); book designers, typographers, and printers; and the Art Nouveau school. (DMM)

Describes four major areas of creative arts that can be used in the reading classroom to enrich and enhance the reading program: music, graphic arts, puppetry, and poetry. (FL)

Reveals the work habits of a graphic designer/illustrator/author: where she finds her ideas for books, how she chooses colors, and what she feels is most important in her work. (NKA)

Reviews the literature on graphic literacy particularly in relation to vocational education. The concept of graphic literacy is explained in terms of the Development Model of Literacy. It was recommended that further research be conducted to clarify how graphics materials assist comprehension and how they could be most beneficially used within…

Describes a class assignment in which graphics students use an ancient Chinese puzzle called a tangram. Students arrange the five triangles, one square, and one rhomboid into an animate and an inanimate object. (HTH)

Mary Cassatt's paintings and graphics depict the world of 19th-century women, mothers, and children. Her exploration of intimate domestic life is informed by an unsurpassed ability to capture the natural, sometimes awkward poses of her figures and her refusal to "prettify" her subjects. This teaching guide gives an overview of Cassatt's…

A study examined the design, imagery, and language of the Web sites of six major Education Management Organizations (EMOs), companies that manage schools for profit. The six companies are Advantage Schools, Inc.; Beacon Education Management, Inc.; Edison Schools; The Leona Group; L.L.C.; Mosaica Education; and National Heritage Academies. The…

A group of deaf students attending North High School, Oskosh, Wisconsin, need little or no prodding in their graphics arts class. The students have varying degrees of hearing and speech impairment but they are all hungry for education. (DS)

Suggests several ways to enliven the school newspaper or newsmagazine and createsell-out issues. (TO)

An experiment in student performance evaluation, for art students at New Providence High School (New Jersey), is helping reinforce the objective that the elevation of the visual sensitivities of the school student-faculty population lies within the student designers' acceptance to give problems an aesthetic value and solution. (Author)

A method of teaching true point dimensioning system to your students. (Editor)