Refutes the standard definition on intelligence. Identifies a musical intelligence as one of seven discrete intelligences. A Place Called School - John Goodlad. Strongly supports arts education. MENC appoints Task Force on Music Teacher Education for the Nineties.
Purpose is to gather information and make recommendations.
Recommends Discipline-based Art Education. 1987 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards instituted. Proceedings published as Teaching with a Multicultural Approach. Congress establishes National Education Goals. Key element in effort to include arts in Goals 2000.