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McCaffrey, Kevin – School Library Journal, 2011
New Orleans's collective memory is often long and surprisingly detailed, and it can surface at unexpected moments. In the last few years, a taxi driver taking a fare to the airport has more than once fondly recalled "the librarians" or those "book people" as the first ones to hold a convention in New Orleans after Hurricane…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Library Associations, Urban Areas, Dining Facilities
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Sayers, Esther – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2011
Within an emerging philosophy of contemporary gallery education, new pedagogies are required to meet the demands of looking at art, with increasingly varied constituent groups. Strategies that aim to empower young learners come from an ideological framework in which knowledge is negotiated and local significances are produced conversationally by…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Art Education, Youth Programs, Nonschool Educational Programs
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Hashim, Abdul Talib; Samah, Noor Azlinda Abu; Osman, Rosma; Mamat, Nordin; Razali, Abdul Rahim; Bakar, Noor Insyiraah Abu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The education development and changes that have taken place either within the country or globally has made Civic and Citizenship Education (CCE) in the school system becomes important. However, often times this subject has been taken lightly by students as well as teachers and deemed as not important because this is a nonexamination subject. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Art Education
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Mallos, Melina – Journal of Museum Education, 2012
Often considered places of solemn contemplation, quiet inspiration and personal reflection, art museums seem among the most reluctant to embrace early childhood audiences. Melina Mallos discusses action research at the Queensland Art Gallery [vertical bar] Gallery of Modern Art, Australia, as a means of gaining new insight into children's learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Museums, Arts Centers, Art Education
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Nagawa, Margaret – Art Education, 2012
When one walks into an art gallery in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, one sees a predominantly non-Ugandan audience. Visitors to homes of Ugandans, even those wealthy enough to afford art, find typically bare walls. This begs broader questions: (1) What is it about the education and presentation of contemporary art that excludes local…
Descriptors: Art Education, Audiences, Artists, Arts Centers
Reid, Natasha – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 2011
Currently, many museums and galleries are attempting to create more welcoming and meaningful experiences for individuals who tend to be reluctant to enter and participate in these institutions. Art galleries and museums are examining and experimenting with ways to connect diverse publics through socially inclusive community outreach programs. This…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Inclusion, Arts Centers, Immigrants
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Rhodes, Alison M.; Schechter, Rachel L. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
Growing up in an inner city environment can inhibit healthy development and have detrimental consequences for children and adolescents such as increased risks for many social and psychological problems. This article explores the role of community arts centers in fostering resilience among youth living in the inner city. A review of the literature…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Community Centers, Resilience (Psychology), Urban Youth
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Hubard, Olga – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2011
Meaningful interactions with works of art are often absent from education. Across the country, art museums are intent on changing this situation. But to incorporate art viewing into an educational milieu that does not value art, art museum educators are constantly forced to justify the educational value of their programs. One common argument to…
Descriptors: Museums, Arts Centers, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Krakowski, Pamela – Journal of Museum Education, 2012
This article explores the role of play in an art museum. Reflecting upon a kindergarten field trip to the Warhol Museum in which children's play was the centerpiece of the museum experience, the author examines what early childhood theorists have written about the value of play in young children's lives. She shows how the Warhol's program for…
Descriptors: Museums, Arts Centers, Play, Young Children
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Erickson, Mary; Hales, Laura – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2014
This study describes the effects of a yearlong, multivisit teen program in a contemporary art museum on adolescents' reflections about art. Our purpose was to discover whether this program, focused on experiences with contemporary art and artists with its metacognitive approach, affected students' thinking about their own artmaking. The…
Descriptors: Art, Art Products, Arts Centers, Museums
Moorefield-Lang, Heather – Library Media Connection, 2011
The arts have their place in every facet of a school, and the library is no exception. Thinking beyond traditional definitions, arts education could include teaching creative problem solving as well as continuous questioning of issues and ideas. The media center is the perfect venue to showcase students' efforts in the arts. This article gives…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, School Libraries, Art Appreciation, Art Education
National Endowment for the Arts, 2012
The infrastructure for arts and cultural support in the United States is complex and adaptive. Citizens who enjoy the arts can choose from a wide array of drama, visual and media arts, dance, music, and literature available in formal and informal settings--theaters, museums, and concert halls, but also libraries, schools, places of worship,…
Descriptors: Museums, Theaters, Private Sector, Financial Support
Birgili, Bengi; Çalik, Basak – Online Submission, 2013
The paper provides a critical overview about teaching children in regular classrooms, designing and enriching curricula for gifted children and using multiple intelligence theory as teaching mathematics by giving several examples. Teaching mathematics or science to gifted children doesn't seem easy because every student is different than each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods, Multiple Intelligences
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Colati, Jessica Branco; Colati, Gregory C. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
In this inaugural column, the authors introduce Peter Palmer, erstwhile librarian at Bellaluna University who is being tasked with managing the library's and university's digital content as he begins his journey down the Digital Highway. As head of access services at Bellaluna University, Peter had been, by default, made responsible for managing…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Preservation, Arts Centers, Electronic Libraries
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Lemon, Narelle, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Educational technologies are becoming more commonplace across the K-12 curriculum. In particular, the use of innovative digital technology is expanding the potential of arts education, presenting new opportunities--and challenges--to both curricular design and pedagogical practice. "Revolutionizing Arts Education in K-12 Classrooms through…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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