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Background Information

Handbook of research and policy in art education / edited by Elliot W. Eisner, Michael D. Day.
Mahwah, N.J.: National Art Education Association : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » N103 .H36 2004
"Sponsored by the National Art Education and assembled by an internationally known group of art educators, this thirty-six chapter handbook provides an overview of the remarkable progress that has characterized this field in recent decades. Organized into six sections, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this relatively new and loosely coupled field: history, policy, learning, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and competing perspectives."
International handbook of research in arts education. Part 1 [electronic resource] / editor, Liora Besler.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2007.
21st century education : a reference handbook / edited by Thomas L. Good.
Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008.
Cubberley » Reference (Non-circulating) » LA210 .A15 2008 V.1
Chapter 40, pp. 369-378 gives an overview of the arts in education, including a bibliography of suggested readings.

Journals

Art education [microform].
[Reston, Va., etc.] National Art Education Association.
Cubberley » Stacks » MFILM N.S. 7976
Full-text online from 1948 to present. "Articles, special reports and thematic issues on all aspects of art education published by the National Art Education Association."
The International journal of art & design education.
Oxford : Blackwell, 2000-
Cubberley » Stacks » N7425 .J6 V.27 2008
"Published under the auspices of the National Society for Education in Art and Design."
International journal of education & the arts [electronic resource].
Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona State University, 2000-
"The International Journal of Education & the Arts currently serves as an open access platform for scholarly dialogue. Our commitment is to the highest forms of scholarship invested in the significances of the arts in education and the education within the arts....The journal primarily publishes peer reviewed research-based field studies including, among others, aesthetics, art theory, music education, visual arts education, media education, drama education, dance education, education in literature, and narrative and holistic integrated studies that cross or transcend these fields."
School arts.
Worcester, Mass., Davis Press [etc., etc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » 370.5 .S333 V.111 2011/2012
"School Arts is a national magazine committed to promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts."
Visual arts research.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1982-
SAL3 » Stacks » N81 .R4 NO.41-44 1995-1996

Databases

Education Databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

Art full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson
PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004

Websites

Annenberg Learner.org
"Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum"
National Art Education Association
"This dynamic community of practice is where visual arts teachers, scholars, researchers and professors, students, administrators, and art museum educators, and artists come together around a shared belief in the power of the arts in developing human potential."