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Imitative, Complementary, and Expansive: Three Roles of Visual Arts Curricula.
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Bresler, Liora – Studies in Art Education, 1994
Reports on a three-year ethnographic study of the visual arts curriculum in three elementary schools. Finds three distinct orientations: (1) the rote, teacher-centered orientation; (2) the open-ended, student-centered orientation; and (3) the higher order, cognitive orientation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Critical Conversations about Art: A Description of Higher-Order Thinking Generated through the Study of Art Criticism.
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Stout, Candace Jesse – Studies in Art Education, 1995
Reports on a qualitative study of complex, sophisticated thinking among 50 preservice art teachers taking an art criticism course. Maintains that the conversational model of instruction helped students understand the higher-order thinking skills associated with art criticism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Class Organization, Classroom Environment