This sampler was designed for art specialists and art museum educators with a basic understanding of teaching discipline-based art education content. The introduction offers a brief history of the Sampler and explains its intended purpose and use. Then 8 unit models with differing methodologies for relating art objectives to the four disciplines: aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production, are presented. The sampler consists of two elementary units, two units for middle school, two units intended for required high school art, one high school studio ceramic unit, and a brief unit for art teachers and art museum educators that focuses on visits to art museums. Learning activities, resource material, and learning strategies are given for the units along with a sequence of lessons organized on a theme.

This publication contains proceedings of a seminar structured around five basic themes: (1) cultural diversity in education; (2) discipline based art education (DBAE) and cultural diversity; (3) how cultural diversity has affected practices in art history, aesthetics, criticism, and art making; (4) experiences in other disciplines which effect DBAE; and (5) and implications for evolving DBAE practices. Summarized speeches include: "Multicultural Education: What Does It Mean To Infuse It into a Discipline" (Carl A. Grant; Christine E. Sleeter); "Art Education for Cultural Diversity: Developments in the United Kingdom" (Rachel Mason); "'Species-Centrism' and Cultural Diversity in the Arts" (Ellen Dissanayake); "Cultural Diversity and Discipline-based Art Education" (Michael D. Day); "How Does DBAE Respond to Cultural Diversity?" (F. Graeme Chalmers); "Cultural Diversity and DBAE: The Challenge of One World and Multiple Visions" (Frances E. Thurber); "Questions and Answers" (Claudine K. Brown); "Revisionist Art History and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity" (Alan Wallach); "The Effect of Cultural Diversity on Aesthetics" (Marcia Muelder Eaton); "Make it Real: Notes on Pluralism, Empirical Criticism, and the Present Moment" (Robert Storr); "How Have Issues of Cultural Diversity Affected Practices in Art Making?" (Alfred J. Quiroz); "DBAE and Cultural Diversity: Some Perspectives from the Social Sciences" (June King McFee); "Learning from Literature" (Marianna Torgovnick); "Mining the Museum 1" (Lisa Corrin); and "Mining the Museum 2" (Fred Wilson). Responses to papers listed above, a panel discussion, affinity group reports, references, resources, and a participant lists conclude the volume. (MM)

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 styles applies to concept acquisition in the context of DBAE. Enid Zimmerman responded to Wolf's remarks by saying that the designers of DBAE curricula should be sensitive to the varying perceptual capacities of children. June King McFee addressed the issue of art and society by explaining that the socio-cultural aspects of art should be included as a foundation for art education, curriculum development, and teacher education. Stephen Dobbs responded to McFee's remark by suggesting new and expansive possibilities for art education. Ronald N. MacGregor spoke on the issue of curriculum reform by stating that DBAE must now become more participatory and open-ended. D. Jack Davis responded to MacGregor's remarks by stating that both student and teachers should be involved in shaping the learning experience. Brent Wilson discussed the boundaries of DBAE. He pointed out that instruction in all four disciplines is not the goal but the means through which an educational ideal may be achieved. In response to this address, Rogena Degge stated that many more models are necessary if all districts are to develop appropriate versions of DBAE. The document also includes: (1) questions to speakers from participants and guests; (2) selected written recommendations; (3) a participant list; and (4) the complete texts of presentations by speakers and respondents. (SM)

"This sourcebook ... [includes] 42 chapters by prominent art educators-scholars, practitioners, and researchers. The reader will find an array of DBAE ideas and practice ... guides on artistic and aesthetic development, preservice and inservice for teachers, staff development, and teacher preparation ... chapters examine the functions of museums and the evaluation of museum education programs ... learning outcomes; teaching art history; types of art criticism; issues of gender, and multiculturalism; and the relationship of art education and postmodernism"--Http://www.naea-reston.org/publications-list.html.

This work provides an overview of the progress that has characterized the field of research and policy in art education. It profiles and integrates history, policy, learning, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and competing perspectives.

Recommending that art be taught as a humanity, this volume provides a philosophical rationale for the idea of discipline-based art education. Levi and Smith discuss topics ranging over both the public and private aspects of art, the disciplines of artistic creation, art history, art criticism, and aesthetics, and curriculum proposals featuring five phases of aesthetic learning. While there is no consensus on how the various components of aesthetic learning should be presented in order to accomplish the goals of discipline-based art education, the authors point out that progress toward those goals will require that those who design art education programs bring an understanding of the four disciplines to their work. The introductory volume of a five-volume series, this book will appeal to elementary and secondary art teachers, those who prepare teachers at the college level, and museum educators.

The legacy of Graeme Chalmers’s research in art education underpins a foundational understanding of critical multiculturalism and offers a rigorous analysis of oppression and institutionalization of unequal power relations. His work begins in stories involving disruption and advocacy, and how when working in collaboration, we may then begin to share lived knowledge in ways that bring sociopolitical dimensions to the fore to help us move towards breaking cycles of divisiveness. International scholars share both reflective commentaries that look back upon Graeme Chalmers’s contributions, as well as offer diverse perspectives that look forward to the enduring potentialities and possibilities of his work today and into the future. These perspectives are presented alongside thirty years of his scholarship creating new insights and provocations that will continue to influence our collective work for social justice. Art, Culture, and Pedagogy: Revisiting the Work of F. Graeme Chalmers holds timeless wisdom, articulating Graeme’s deep respect for cultural pluralism, his passionate embrace of inclusivity and diversity, and his dedication to social justice issues – all issues of compelling urgency today. His distinguished international leadership and his pioneering ideas continue to be adopted, engaged, and applied at all levels of art education.