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e. Art Education in the United States refers to the practice of teaching art in American public schools. Before the democratization of education, particularly as promoted by educational philosopher John Dewey, apprenticeship was the traditional route for attaining an education in art. Alongside John Dewey, Elliot Eisner was a leading advocate ...
Arts in education. Arts in education is an expanding field of educational research and practice informed by investigations into learning through arts experiences. In this context, the arts can include Performing arts education (dance, drama, music), literature and poetry, storytelling, Visual arts education in film, craft, design, digital arts ...
Visual arts education is the area of learning that is based upon the kind of art that one can see, visual arts — drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings. Contemporary topics include photography ...
Arts integration differs from traditional education by its inclusion of both the arts discipline and a traditional subject as part of learning (e.g. using improvisational drama skills to learn about conflict in writing.) The goal of arts integration is to increase knowledge of a general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater ...
Elliot Eisner. Elliot Wayne Eisner (March 10, 1933 – January 10, 2014) was a professor of Art and Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and was one of the United States' leading academic minds. [1][2] He was active in several fields including arts education, curriculum reform, qualitative research, and was the recipient of a ...
Classical education movement. The classical education movement or renewal advocates for a return to a traditional education based on the liberal arts (including the natural sciences), the canons of classical literature, the fine arts, and the history of civilization. [1] It focuses on human formation and paideia with an early emphasis on music ...
Liberal arts education (from Latin liberalis 'free' and ars 'art or principled practice') [1] is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. [2] Liberal arts takes the term art in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts .
Performing arts education. Education in the performing arts is a key part of many primary and secondary education curricula and is also available as a specialisation at the tertiary level. [1][citation needed] The performing arts, which include, but are not limited to dance, music and theatre, are key elements of culture and engage participants ...