An innovative interweaving of student interest, school curriculum, and creative interpretation. (RK)

Recommends that art projects for children encourage the opportunity to look.'' (DS)

Involves a creative project in which the students combine art expression and self awareness. (RK)

Phrase that provides the title for this article is rooted in one of the most common and erroneous assumptions made by persons who use pictures for instructional or enrichment purposes; that is, if you can see it before your eyes in pictorial form, the meaning has been transferred. (Author/MB)

The visual arts are a powerful resource for meeting human needs. Students should have the chance to use the arts for their own goals and interests rather than to meet other's ideas of "good taste" or current aesthetic sensibilities. (IS)

Explains how Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings and William Blake's etchings enriched the study of Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" in a seventh-grade class. (JL)

Provides sources of information for (1) the rationale and theory for integrating the arts and reading instruction, (2) practical suggestions to combine reading and the arts, (3) the results of research that investigated the integration of reading with the arts. (FL)

Reviews empirical and theoretical writings showing how visual arts affect: growth of perception and awareness through use of the senses; clarification of styles of thought and their effect on personal expression; inventiveness and general problem-solving ability; feelings of confidence and self-worth; and general learning motivation and success.…

Approaches to gaining solid, continuing support for the art program in Dade County, Florida are outlined. The authors state that the advances made are the result of hard work and painstakingly earned administrative support. Each action step described is followed by a description of the result of that action. (KC)

A search for stained glass bibliographic information using DIALINDEX identified 57 DIALOG files from a variety of subject categories and 646 citations as relevant. Files include applied science, biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, environment/pollution, people, business research, and public affairs. Eleven figures illustrate the search…

This paper examines what career education is, what kinds of career education efforts exist in the visual arts, and what art teachers can do to introduce career education learnings into existing programs of study. (Author)

There is currently no way to determine whether educational benefits of arts programs are myth or reality because the learning experiences have never been verified. Art educators, instead of aiming for vague general goals, must develop specific educational objectives and undertake the research to validate them. (Author/JM)