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' Conceptions of Arts Education: Fostering Personal, Social, and Cultural Development through the Arts" (B. McKean); "Reasoned Perception: Aesthetic Knowing in Pedagogy and Learning" (R. Siegesmund); "Using Case Narratives in Drama Education to Make Teaching and Learning Real" (L. A. McCammon; C. Miller; J. Norris); "Walking the Talk: The Challenge of Pedagogical Content in Art Teacher Education" (K. Grauer); "An Introduction to Cooperative Learning Strategies in College Art Classrooms" (S. A. Myers; S. Stoddard); "Empowering Children to Construct Meaning in Art Museums" (C. S. Jeffers); "Beyond the Great White Space: Exploring Art Contexts with Fifth Graders" (S. R. Klein). Section 2, The Semiotics of Time: "Angelus Novus: The Semiotics of Space and Time in a Visual Culture" (J. D. Betts); "Timely Art: Learning and Yearning beyond Kronos" (S. Urso Spina); "Sensory Questions" (R. Carp); "Light + Space + Time = Action" (R. M. Diket); "The Visual Journal as a Semiotic Contrivance for Preservice Art Education" (K. Grauer); "Time to Keep, Time to Dream, and the Persistence of Time" (C. S. Jeffers); "The Signs of Time in Artwork" (D. L. Smith-Shank); "Real Time and Memory in Performance Art" (M. Wyrick); "Going Back to Come Forward" (R. Irwin); "The Genius in Time" (M. Koos); "Ceremony, Display, and Messages about Women in Print Advertisements" (S. A. Myers). And section 3: "Curriculum Reforms in Norway: An Insider's Perspective" (M. Espeland). (BT)