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ERIC Number: EJ525461
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0574
Passing Fashions and National Standards for the Arts.
Smith, Ralph A.
Journal of Education, v176 n3 p39-49 1994
Discusses perceived problems in the proposed National Standards of Arts Education. According to the author, the greatest concerns are with the political correctness evident in the Standards, its penchant for interdisciplinary studies, and its inflated rhetoric and utopianism. It is suggested that the standards do not take art education seriously enough as an academic discipline. (GR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Political Correctness
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Diversity (Groups); National Arts Education Standards
Note: Theme issue topic: "National Learning Standards: Problems and Prospects."