When this author first published his account of "The Superheroes of J. C. Holz" (Wilson, 1974), he could not have imagined that the comics of one Iowa boy would shape his thinking about children's images, the purposes of art and art education, narrative, popular visual culture, and his present theorizing about pedagogy. He states that Holz's…

Discusses the development of the concept arts education. Provides an example of an exemplary district wide arts education program in a Vancouver (Washington) school district as a context for comments on factors regarding districtwide implementation in other school districts. Addresses what constitutes a districtwide arts education program. (CMK)

Responds to the articles, available in this issue of Arts Education Policy Review, included in the Symposium on "The Quiet Evolution: Changing the Face of Arts Education." Articles by E. Louis Lankford, Michael Fullan, Martin Schiralli, and W. Dwaine Greer. (CMK)

Investigates the manner in which the drawings of young people are influenced by outside sources, the role imitation plays in the process of learning to draw, and how images are developed, modified, and adopted. (Author/RK)

Author outlined a theory explaining why young people make drawings. (Author/RK)

Argues that the most widely used accounts of children's artistic development are not only inadequate and incomplete but that they seriously misinform, obscuring more than they reveal about children's drawings. (Author/SJL)

Maintains that the way arts education assessment, outcomes, and standards are specified has the potential to shape arts education both positively and negatively. Argues that current approaches are fragmented, decontextualized, and inefficient. Recommends a holistic approach combining discipline-based art education with a more intellectually…

This research locates creativity in products rather than processes and maintains that it is long after childhood that creativity is even possible. (Editor/RK)

Author attempted to show the shortcomings of the prevailing conception of the functions of educational research and proposed a redirection, one that has some precedence in art education but that is currently out of favor. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the interaction of biological unfolding and culturally related factors on sequences of narrative figure drawings by American and Egyptian elementary students. Findings support hypotheses relating to the interaction of natural and nurtural influences on children's drawings. (Author/SJL)

Asserts that educational researchers ideally want their interests, values, and assumptions about life and human purpose interwoven with their research themes. Reviews research in art education. Concludes that one topic to study would be the relationship between art education and life. (CFR)

Outlines a comprehensive integrated program of arts education for the public schools. Describes the role that each of the following should have in such a program: the federal sector, the regulatory and curricular sector, the professional associations sector, the advocacy sector, the commercial sector, and the arts world. (KO)