Investigates the effects of an arts infusion program (SPECTRA+) on the creative thinking, academic achievement, self-esteem, locus of control, and appreciation of the arts by school children (n=615). Reports that SPECTRA+ program children scored higher than the control group in creativity, self-esteem, and arts appreciation, while data for…

Investigates the cognitive skills developed through arts, such as higher order thinking, that have an effect on learning, thinking, and in subject matter domains. Focuses on the artistic experiences of students (n=2046) who attended the target elementary and middle schools (n=12). Includes references. (CMK)

Examines art education practices using interpretations of curriculum integration positions from the field of education. Analyzes four art education paradigms for using the arts: (1) for resources in other disciplines; (2) to enlarge organizing centers; (3) to interpret subjects, ideas, or themes; and (4) to understand life-centered issues through…

Discusses a cognitive model that is an alternative to Jerome Bruner's spiral curriculum, developed and based on the metaphor that the mind's knowledge base is a lattice. States that the lattice metaphor offers an understanding of cognition but some questions still remained unanswered. (CMK)

Discusses five ways in which art education seeks to be responsive to cultural difference and diversity internationally: (1) the conservative reaction to minority unrest; (2) rejecting assimilation; (3) pluralism in the curriculum; (4) implications of self-determination; and (5) social reform. Explores the bicultural and multicultural issues in New…

Discusses the lack of research into the art education of students within the adolescent stage. Examines the rationales of secondary art education and addresses art education for this age level within New Zealand that characterizes Western art education. Includes references. (CMK)

Argues for the value of postmodern picture books as a classroom resource for addressing contemporary challenges. Offers a discussion on what postmodern picture books are, a rationale for using postmodern picture books, and teaching postmodern aesthetics. Includes some examples of postmodern picture books. (CMK)

Focuses on identifying ways in which policy has affected arts education, specifically those that have evolved outside of arts education instead of within. Explores topics such as: the influence of national and state standards, the impact of testing, and the absence of teachers competent to teach the arts. (CMK)

Focuses on policy issues that have affected arts education in the twentieth century, such as: interest in discipline-based arts education, influence of national arts associations, and national standards and coordinated assessment. States that whether the policy decisions are viewed as achievements or disasters are for future determination. (CMK)

Focuses on various topics related to arts education policy such as the creation of the national arts standards, the influence of racism on policy decisions, the importance for equal access to education at all educational levels, and the work of Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences that helped legitimize the arts. (CMK)

Explores arts education policy throughout the twentieth century focusing on topics such as the rapid development of music education in the early part of the century, training music teachers due to this growth, and the state of music education between the 1960s and the 1990s. (CMK)

Focuses on three changes that occurred in the twentieth century: (1) more children receive access to the study of art at all educational levels; (2) art teachers receive more training, education, and resources; and (3) art teachers have less choice in designing curricula and endure more regulation. (CMK)

States that policies are needed that can guide the teacher education programs in music education. Explores the state of music education and teacher education within the twentieth century. Believes that a coherent definition of music education with implications for teacher education is needed. (CMK)

Explores arts education policies focusing on achievements, such as the inclusion of music and visual arts in schools, development of the arts education standards; and the failures, such as the inability of the arts to overcome the perception of being a frill. (CMK)

Discusses the current state of arts education that is characterized by lack of cultural education, the integration of arts into instruction by classroom teachers, and the bad bargains schools have made to get the arts back. Explores the option of out-of-school arts programs and opening the doors to opportunities in the arts. (CMK)