The document contains nine presentations and five miniworkshop papers from a teacher institute on expressive arts for exceptional children in the mainstream. The following titles and authors are represented: "The Educator and Mainstreaming--A State of Mind and a Set of Skills" (G. Bailey); "The Arts in the Mainstream" (G. Barlow); "The Emergence…

The research papers gathered in this volume were presented at the 1992 and 1993 meetings of the American Educational Research Association most were part of the Arts and Learning Special Interest Group programs. Papers focus on the following themes: assessing student learning; women's movement in art education; and art education in various…

The papers gathered in this volume were presented at the 1996 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, mostly at programs of the Arts and Learning Special Interest Group. Papers in the volume focus on research in the arts in the areas of profiles of learning and assessment (section 1), community-based art education (section 2),…

This volume highlights thought-provoking issues in visual arts, drama, and music education presented at the 1998 meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Following a message from the Special Interest Group Chair, Larry Kantner, and an editorial, articles in section 1 are: "Art Beginnings" (L. A. Kantner); "Teachers'…

The document reports on the Oregon Adaptive Arts Techniques Project, a program to provide direct preservice and inservice training through a series of workshops to teachers and community agents in arts education and its application to handicapped students. Brief summaries are provided for workshop presentations in the following areas (the names of…

This volume contains papers which encompass visual arts, drama, music, literature, and poetry education, creating a space for scholars from diverse intellectual traditions. Following editorial notes and a message from the Arts and Learning Special Interest Group Chair, David Betts, are the papers of part 1, The Interconnectedness of Issues across…

This journal theme issue focuses on Visual Arts and Gender Equity with particular emphasis on art education. Articles include: (1) "Gender Equity and Visual Arts Education" (Lee Emery); (2) "Deconstruction: A Methodology for Exploring Dominant Ideologies and Gendered Relations in the Visual Arts" (Annie Reid); (3)…

The collected papers from three conferences about art education are documented in three volumes. The first conference addressed art education, aesthetics, and art criticism. Eighteen scholars representing classroom teachers, museum educators, and university faculty were invited to prepare papers on the general topic of aesthetics and art criticism…

This report documents the proceedings from the second series of regional roundtable discussions sponsored by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. These roundtables were established to provide a forum in which people could discuss aspects of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE). The topics of these roundtables were as follows: Roundtable I…

Exploring the place of the arts in the precollege curricula, chapter 1 of these proceedings opens with an overview of the conference by Maria Meulenbeek. The papers in chapter 2 discuss the relationship between art and education and include the authors Hermann Rohrs, Peter van Stapele, Geoff Haward, and Jagjivan R. Sheth. Ways to bring art into…

Proceedings from the Sunbird Seminar for artists, art historians, and art educators from the California State University campuses are documented in this volume. The presentations included discussions about the national context for art education and teacher credentialing in California, the Snowbird projects sponsored by the Getty Center for…

This conference report focuses on the development of collaborative partnerships between businesses and arts education groups. The economic and educational value of business and arts education partnerships is the underlying theme. The report includes an introduction and five chapters: chapter 1: "Setting the Terms for a Conference"; chapter 2:…

This collection covers a variety of workshops and presentations related to the research, theory, technology, or implementation of some aspect of visual literacy. More than 40 authors are represented, with 12 of the papers dealing directly with television. The document begins with an overview and a keynote address by Neil Postman. Individual papers…

The rationale for this seminar was to strengthen the discipline-based art education (DBAE) stance and extend its horizons. The format of the proceedings featured a speaker followed by a respondent and group discussions on each of the four issues addressed by the seminar. Dennie Wolf explained how current research in child development and cognitive…

This document includes 46 papers presented at the International Visual Literacy Association Conference on topics ranging from prehistoric cave paintings to technology of the future. Major sections are devoted to research and theory, education, computer technology, and phototherapy. Emphasis is on increased understanding of opportunities available…