Art & Art History ETDs

Publication Date

5-3-1967

Abstract

The aims and objectives of art education as an educational discipline have been discussed and argued since the formation of the Committee in Drawing by the National Education Association in 1899 (Lanier, 1964, p. 31). The situation is no better today than it was then. At a seminar in art education for research and curriculum development held at the Pennsylvania State University in the Summer of 1966, the leading minds in the fields of art education, psychology, research, the fine arts, art criticism, and education in general, met to discuss the current status of art education. In a summary statement of the seminar, project director, Edward Mattil (1966, p. 425) pointed out the general condition of the problem in art education today:

Each day brought the participants closer to some common understanding, but each day also pointed out the need for greater precision in the language, definition of concepts, and the inconsistencies in the stated goals of art education. The need to come to some general· agreement on the goals of art education is apparent.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Art Education

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Department of Art and Art History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Alexander Simeon Masley

Second Committee Member

Tom Wiley

Third Committee Member

Carl Erich Paak

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