Author: Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Alliance for Arts Education

Publication Year: 1981

Media Type: Report

Summary:

In 1978, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted a five-year plan for the Arts in General Education. A statement was included which said it would be the policy of the Board to advocate for Illinois schools an Arts in General Education program which would provide an opportunity for all students to experience the arts in a continuing and systematic way. Since the adoption of this statement, the staff of the State Board of Education, with assistance from Regional and State Advisory Committees, has been committed to the implementation of this goal. This publication is one example of the unified efforts to provide information on arts education.

Abstract:

In 1978, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted a five-year plan for the Arts in General Education. A statement was included which said it would be the policy of the Board to advocate for Illinois schools an Arts in General Education program which would provide an opportunity for all students to experience the arts in a continuing and systematic way. Since the adoption of this statement, the staff of the State Board of Education, with assistance from Regional and State Advisory Committees, has been committed to the implementation of this goal. This publication is one example of the unified efforts to provide information on arts education.

The publication is divided into six sections, each designed to cover a particular aspect of arts education.

CONTENTS
1. Arts Education for All Students:

Why arts education? by Elliot W. Eisner.
The politics and logic of aesthetic education by Harry S. Broudy.
The arts in education: A promise by Charles B. Fowler.
Art or arts education? by Jerome J. Hausman.
Arts for all students by Anne G. Moore.
On supporting the concept of the arts in education by Gene C. Wenner.

2. The Arts: Roles and Values:

Dance education, by Carmen Imel and Kathy Lawyer, Editors.
Literary arts education by Clarence W. Hach, Editor.
Media arts education by Linda Hart LaBuda, Editor.
Music Education by Suellyn Garner, Editor.
Theatre arts education by Wallace Smith, Editor.
Visual Arts Education, by Betsy McKay, Editor.

3. Arts Education: Structures:

Extended arts instruction by Nancy Roucher.
Generalized arts instruction by Carol Holden.
Integrated arts instruction by Jean Morman Unsworth.
Interrelated Arts Instruction by Nadine Meyers Saitlin.
Specialized arts instruction by Dorothy Gilles.
Traditional arts instruction by James M. Brinkman.

4. Program Development:

The process of Program Development for the Arts in Education by Stanley S. Madeja.

5. Arts Evaluation:

The evaluation of Arts Education Programs by Robert L. Blomeyer, Jr.

6. Arts Resources: 

Resources for Arts Education.
Annotated reference guide.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Arts Education