Current Issues in Art and Design Education: From Entertainment to Qualitative Experience.

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Title: Current Issues in Art and Design Education: From Entertainment to Qualitative Experience.
Language: English
Authors: Barnes, Rob
Source: Journal of Art and Design Education. 1989 8(3):247-255.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 1989
Document Type: Journal Articles
Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Teachers, Curriculum Problems, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Teaching Methods
Abstract: Discusses how quality art education can be fostered in primary schools. Suggests that curricula emphasizing disconnected activities and entertainment should be avoided. Maintains that nonart specialists have difficulty understanding art specialists but that this could be alleviated by using terms familiar to both, such as skills, knowledge, and concepts. (KM)
Journal Code: CIJOCT1990
Entry Date: 1990
Accession Number: EJ409499
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Discusses how quality art education can be fostered in primary schools. Suggests that curricula emphasizing disconnected activities and entertainment should be avoided. Maintains that nonart specialists have difficulty understanding art specialists but that this could be alleviated by using terms familiar to both, such as skills, knowledge, and concepts. (KM)