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Full-Text Articles in Art Education
Entering The Secret Hideout: Fostering Newness And Space For Art And Play, Shana Cinquemani
Entering The Secret Hideout: Fostering Newness And Space For Art And Play, Shana Cinquemani
Occasional Paper Series
Describes the transformative nature of negotiated spaces between the school and children’s self-initiated drawings.
Introduction: Art & Early Childhood - Personal Narratives And Social Practices, Kristine Sunday, Marissa Mcclure, Christopher Schulte
Introduction: Art & Early Childhood - Personal Narratives And Social Practices, Kristine Sunday, Marissa Mcclure, Christopher Schulte
Occasional Paper Series
In this issue of Bank Street’s Occasional Paper Series, we explore the nature of childhood by offering selections that re/imagine the idea of the child as art maker, inquire about the relationships between children and adults when they are making art, and investigate how physical space influences our approaches to art instruction. We invite readers to join a dialogue that questions long-standing traditions of early childhood art—traditions grounded in a modernist view of children’s art as a romantic expression of inner emotional and/or developmental trajectories. We have also selected essays that create liminal spaces for reflection, dialogue, and critique of …
Reflection & Technology In Theory & Practice: Teen Engagement In Art Museums, Chelsea E. Kelly
Reflection & Technology In Theory & Practice: Teen Engagement In Art Museums, Chelsea E. Kelly
Occasional Paper Series
This case study shows how the Milwaukee Art Museum’s after-school teen program fosters student engagement through a hybrid practice grounded in constructivist pedagogy. This article presents the museum’s Satellite High School Program in theory and in practice, including its evaluation methods and its impact on students and the museum. In the spirit of the program itself, which celebrates student voices, participants’ own videos, quotes, and experiences will frame my reflections from an educator’s point of view.
The Benefits Of Art For Children With Special Needs : A Guidebook For Teachers, Rachel Rothberg
The Benefits Of Art For Children With Special Needs : A Guidebook For Teachers, Rachel Rothberg
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This thesis gives information to educators about the benefits of art with children, specifically those who require special education. It will examine different lessons and activities that can help achieve positive results for children. It includes specific lesson plans, sample artwork of children, brief assessment of these sample works, a personal narrative of individual experience, and interviews with an occupational therapist and art therapist.
"Through The Ages: Images That Communicate" : A Medieval Art Museum Curriculum, Flannery Santos
"Through The Ages: Images That Communicate" : A Medieval Art Museum Curriculum, Flannery Santos
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The museum curriculum proposed here utilizes the Princeton University Museum of Art's collection of medieval art to explore the ways in which images communicate. The curriculum is designed to help middle school students explore the concept that art represents the values and ideas of a culture.
The Gendered Image : An Art And Literature Based Curriculum For High School Audiences, Emily Erwin-Mcguire
The Gendered Image : An Art And Literature Based Curriculum For High School Audiences, Emily Erwin-Mcguire
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This curriculum uses images, artwork, literature and media to facilitate conversations to build knowledge and understanding about feminism and self-identity. It is designed to be used by educators of high school students in school, museum or after school settings.
Developing Visual Language - Teaching Art, Maria Richa
Developing Visual Language - Teaching Art, Maria Richa
Progressive Education in Context
Illuminates the art curriculum at the Bank Street School for Children, where the process of making art is where the value lies, not in the teacher's planned product.
Picture Books As Art : The Presence Of Children's Book Illustrations In Museums And An Analysis Of Children-Visitor Interactions At The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art, Jennifer Cusworth
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This paper analyzes the presence of children's picture book illustrations in cultural settings, particularly the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts and the New York Public Library in New York City, and determines how children interact with these spaces.
Do You See What I See? : Using Students' Self-Portraits To Gain New Perspectives On Teaching And Learning, Jordana Goldstein
Do You See What I See? : Using Students' Self-Portraits To Gain New Perspectives On Teaching And Learning, Jordana Goldstein
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The purpose of this research and project is to better understand how and whether the combination of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and student artwork can enhance teachers' knowledge of attitudes toward individual children, and whether it encourages teachers to include the arts as well as VTS processes in their classrooms.
Curriculum Design In The Urban Arts Classroom; Can The Common Core Standards Be The Great Equalizer For Arts Education? : A Research Paper And Studio Art Unit Study, Kathleen Kennedy
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The purpose of this research is to present a case for developing Common Core Standards for the arts as an avenue to increase universal access to quality arts education regardless of a student's geographic or socioeconomic background.
An Alphabet Of The Arts, Jessica Barksdale
An Alphabet Of The Arts, Jessica Barksdale
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The purpose of this project is to create an arts resource book, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, for classroom teachers.
The Teacher In The Studio, Molly Alexander
The Teacher In The Studio, Molly Alexander
Graduate Student Independent Studies
As a potter and teacher, the author connected her practice in the studio to her practice in the classroom by designing and creating cups for the two-year-old children she teaches. This thesis includes visual documentation of the author's design and production process, an analysis of theory and research, and a personal reflection.
Using The Contextual Model Of Learning In A Museum Program To Prepare For Student Visitors With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mihaela V. Schwartz
Using The Contextual Model Of Learning In A Museum Program To Prepare For Student Visitors With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mihaela V. Schwartz
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This study presents the findings from the evaluation of two distinct programs developed around the needs of children with autism and their families. Both programs were developed to provide accessible, sensory-rich, project-based learning experiences, where the families with children on the autism spectrum can learn together while pursuing the children's social and behavioral goals and the health of the community overall.
Making Power Visible For Museum Educators : A Theoretical Framework For Multicultural Museum Education, Sehr Karim-Jaffer
Making Power Visible For Museum Educators : A Theoretical Framework For Multicultural Museum Education, Sehr Karim-Jaffer
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The central guiding question of this study is how can museum educators (and volunteers) effectively engage multicultural audiences, who may face langauge and socioeconomic barriers, with objects of art in museum galleries?.
A Life Well Crafted, Sarah Renee Clay
A Life Well Crafted, Sarah Renee Clay
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This paper will attempt to define the relationship between creative thinking required for a craft and aspects of adult development, such as goal setting and achieving. Included in the study is a curriculum designed to teach sewing to beginning students, an introduction to creative thinking, and four case studies.
"Kids Create" : The Development Of An Out-Of-School Program For Creative, Empowered Exploration In Hudson, New York, Bonnie Scott Jones
"Kids Create" : The Development Of An Out-Of-School Program For Creative, Empowered Exploration In Hudson, New York, Bonnie Scott Jones
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Describes the design and implementation of an out-of-school program that the author developed and facilitated in Hudson, New York. The program, "Kids Create," provides elementary school-aged children with opportunities for creative, empowered exploration through project-based "design and build" workshops.
Creating Accessibility In Museums For Visitors With Visual Impairments: Teaching Museum Educators How To Write Verbal Descriptions Of Artifacts To Create A Meaningful Museum Experience, Monica Brandwein
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This Integrative Masters Project is a professional development workshop that was created to teach museum educators, staff, and Gallery Educators (the museum's docents) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage -A Living Memorial to the Holocaust how to create accessibility for visitors with visual impairments to increase the richness of the museum's artifacts within the collection.
12 Museum Theorists At Play, Marian Howard, Lauren Appel, Nicole Ferrin, David Vining, Katherine Hillman, Marissa Corwin, Berry Stein, Nicole Keller, William Elliston, David Bowles, Tiffany Reedy, Kathryn Eliza Harris, Liat Olenick
12 Museum Theorists At Play, Marian Howard, Lauren Appel, Nicole Ferrin, David Vining, Katherine Hillman, Marissa Corwin, Berry Stein, Nicole Keller, William Elliston, David Bowles, Tiffany Reedy, Kathryn Eliza Harris, Liat Olenick
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
Introduction by Lauren Appel
1. Learning by Do-weyan, by Marian Howard, with Nicole Ferrin
2: Dewey Defines Himself and Education, by David Vining
3. Benjamin Ives Gilman: Arts in People’s Lives, by Katherine Hillman
4. John Cotton Dana: The Social Construction of Museums, by Marissa Corwin
5. Piaget in the Art Museum: Constructing Knowledge Through Active Engagement, by Berry Stein
6. Lev Vygotsky: The Social Aspects of Learning, by Nicole Keller
7. Paulo Freire: Literacy, Democracy, and Context, by Nicole Keller
8. Maxine Greene: Aesthetic Education, by Lauren Appel
9. Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligence Theory: A Practical Application of …
Side By Side : An Exploration Of Family Programs In New York City And Three Pilot Family Programs At Dia : Beacon, Jeanne Parkhurst
Side By Side : An Exploration Of Family Programs In New York City And Three Pilot Family Programs At Dia : Beacon, Jeanne Parkhurst
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This independent study includes a review of literature about learning theories relevant to museum education, family learning, and family learning in museums. This exploration also includes observations done at six art museums in New York City. As a result of these observations I outline teaching techniques for "best practice" methods while also offering first-hand insight into the unique and complex dynamic of family learning in museums. Finally, I describe my process for developing and implementing three pilot family programs a Dia : Beacon, a contemporary art museum in Beacon, NY which is part of the Dia Art Foundation.
A Study Of Printed Family Guides And Their Relationship To The Family Museum Experience, Matana Ettenheim
A Study Of Printed Family Guides And Their Relationship To The Family Museum Experience, Matana Ettenheim
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This thesis analyzes the role of family guides in the family museum experience. Family guides are generally handheld pamphlets produced by the museum with the intention of supporting the family experience in the galleries. This study starts by sharing the results of my undergraduate work. After, I describe the preliminary process of contributing to a family guide at American Folk Art Museum. Lastly, I share my current research, in which I interviewed twelve families, asking them to speak to their museum experiences and compare and contrast four family guides. From these interviews, I am able to evaluate the family guide …
A Study Of The Relationship Between Visual Art And Verbal Communication, Erica Whisney
A Study Of The Relationship Between Visual Art And Verbal Communication, Erica Whisney
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This thesis studied the qualitative and quantitative types of communication children had while engaged in clay and collage art making activities. Thirty-five kindergarteners were used in the study, which was videotaped and analysed. Researchers concluded that during the art making process children communicated frequently and more freely with their peers than during other activities.
Don't Yuck My Yum : A Tasty Alphabet Book, Rebekah Friedman
Don't Yuck My Yum : A Tasty Alphabet Book, Rebekah Friedman
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Don't Yuck My Yum is an alphabet book that moves the reader through the experience children have when they are gathered in a restaurant for a party where each child orders a food that is somehow ruined. The phrase, "Don't Yuck My Yum", used as a refrain, is the children's angry response to receiving the disappointing plate, meaning, "don't ruin my delicious food." Because it is an alphabet book, there are 26 children, one for each letter, and a child's name that begins with each letter and a corresponding food. The story is punctuated every four stanzas with the refrain, …
Art Speaks! Connecting Visual Arts And Language Arts A Program For Fourth-Grade Students In The School District Of Philadelphia, James Stein
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support a partnership among PMA, Pennsylyania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Barnes Foundation, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. These five art institutions collaborated with each other, and with the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), to develop a literacy-based museum visit program called Art Speaks! that is open to all 13,500 fourth-grade students in SDP public schools. The program features a museum visit to one of the five collaborating institutions …
Real Work: A Museum Studies Curriculum For Early Adolescent Learners, M. Lucinda B. Furlong
Real Work: A Museum Studies Curriculum For Early Adolescent Learners, M. Lucinda B. Furlong
Graduate Student Independent Studies
A museum studies curriculum for seventh and eighth graders. This curriculum is in the form of a case study and was conducted over a three year period at Montclair Cooperative School with Montclair Art Museum. Through regular visits to the museum students explored the roles of artist, docent, and curator. Students did the following tasks: discussed and made art, created exhibits, wrote interpretive wall labels for exhibitions, and became docents for younger students.
The Laboratory On 53rd Street : Victor D' Amico And The Museum Of Modern Art 1937-1969, Briley Rasmussen
The Laboratory On 53rd Street : Victor D' Amico And The Museum Of Modern Art 1937-1969, Briley Rasmussen
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This project addresses previously unexplored areas of Victor D'Amico's career as Director of the Education Department at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1937-69, during which time he developed and implemented his philosophy on creative teaching that developed creativity, innovation and appreciation for modern art through a focus on individual aesthetic experience. Beginning with MoMA's early role and mission and the founding of the Education Project, the education programs as a laboratory for experimental art education are studied, specifically the Museum's television series Through the Enchanted Gate and the Children's Art Carnival as exemplars of D'Amico's experimental programming. This …
A Choice-Based Art Curriculum For Eighth Graders At A Public Charter School, Elisa Hirvonen
A Choice-Based Art Curriculum For Eighth Graders At A Public Charter School, Elisa Hirvonen
Graduate Student Independent Studies
In a choice-based art curriculum students select units of study, explore ideas, and choose specific elements of their projects to develop, e.g., media. The goal is to provide a more authentic artistic experience. Surveys conducted at the beginning and end of the year-long program indicate that students are enthusiastic about choice, and that attitudes towards art improved.
Reframing Artopia, One Girls Journey Through The Ins And Outs Of A Large Art Organization, Megan Rains
Reframing Artopia, One Girls Journey Through The Ins And Outs Of A Large Art Organization, Megan Rains
Graduate Student Independent Studies
It was my goal to make the most of my Independent Study personally, professionally and academically. I wanted to further my skills as a teacher and supervisor while at the same time express my artistic side and get my name out into my community. I volunteered and became a committee member of a large art organization called Artopia. It comprised of local artists, arts administrators, and community activists who work together to help develop a forum to build institutional connections; linking public and private schools, universities and other organizations to create a stronger art community in the City X Metropolitan …
¿CóMo Se Dice En EspañOl? : Language, Self-Expression, And Development Of A Young Bilingual Child, Margaret Blachly
¿CóMo Se Dice En EspañOl? : Language, Self-Expression, And Development Of A Young Bilingual Child, Margaret Blachly
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This paper addresses three areas of early childhood development and education: a Language development of a native Spanish-speaking child in a dual-language school environment. Guided art experiences as a vehicle for self-expression, language development, and personal self-awareness in a young child. The role of a non-teacher/non-family member in a young child's development of self-awareness and language. The paper presents a case study with related research, analysis, and suggestions for educators. Lauren Rodriguez (pseudonym), currently 7.8 years old, is a Mexican- American girl whose first language is Spanish. She first encountered English at her bilingual preschool, where she began attending school …
The History Of Quiltmaking As A Storytelling Tool And Its Application In The Elementary Classroom, Leona Shapiro
The History Of Quiltmaking As A Storytelling Tool And Its Application In The Elementary Classroom, Leona Shapiro
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This study documents the historical use of quiltmaking as a means of artistic expression and as a canvas for storytelling. It shows the use of quiltmaking in the elementary school classroom as a means of creative expression and as a vehicle that allows students to share varied cultures and relate family experiences verbally, in written form and using a cloth palette. The study documents the quiltmaking process and the development of family themes as children are engaged in the exploration of this storytelling tool.
How Many Blocks To The Empire State Building? : An Original Story, Enakshi Bose
How Many Blocks To The Empire State Building? : An Original Story, Enakshi Bose
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Presents a children's story for eight and nine year old children that poses several mathematical questions, including the central one of how many blocks it is from the 215th Street subway station in Inwood to the Empire State Building. Photographs and maps enhance the mathematical concepts involved. Discusses the developmental appropriateness of the book's content and how the material meets various standards in mathematics.