Photographic and related printmaking techniques and methods for image development and reasoned criticism in elementary and secondary grades. Laboratory-based course involving work with children. Implications of cultural diversity for teaching of art in elementary and secondary schools. Art Education theory and research is studied relative to school practice. Studies of recent research bearing on art education practice.
Emphasis is placed upon the foundations and conflicting conceptions of curriculum in art education.
Histories of art education are examined. Psychological considerations specifically related to cognitive development in art, are explored. Implications for art education theory and practice are drawn. Investigation and report of a problem. For those on master's, doctoral and diploma programs.