Children and Their Art

Michael Day completed his doctorate degree at Stanford University and has taught middle and high-school art in California. A widely published author and researcher, Dr. Day is a recipient of the Manuel Barkan Award for published research from NAEA. He has served on national panels, editorial boards for national scholarly publications, and art museum boards. He was invited to the former Soviet Union in a scholarly exchange sponsored by the International Research and Exchanges Board, and in 1998 he was one of five scholars invited to Beijing in a delegation sponsored by the Getty Education Institute and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Dr. Day served as President of the NAEA from 1997 to 1999. Al Hurwitz has taught at the elementary and secondary levels in Miami-Dade County, Florida. He was the Director of Visual and Performing Arts for Newton, Massachusetts schools and taught art education at Harvard University Graduate School of Education Ohio State University, Teacher's College, Columbia University, Brandeis University, and the Massachusetts College of Art. He has written, co-authored, or edited 12 books on art education and served on the United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA). He has also served on the planning committee of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

• 1. Origins and Rationales for Art Education: Children, Art, and Society.2. Art Education in Contemporary Classrooms: Influences, Issues, and Practices.3. Children’s Artistic Development: How Children Grow and Learn.4. Children With Disabilities: Art for All Children.5. Talented Children: The Nature of Artistic Giftedness.6. Drawing: At the Heart of the Studio Experience.7. Painting: At the Heart of the Studio Experience.8. Sculpture and Ceramics.9. Printmaking.10. New Media in Art Education.11. Design: Art Language and Application.12. Art Criticism: From Classroom to Museum.13. Art History: Other Times and Places.14. Aesthetics: Philosophy in the Art Room.15. Visual Culture in Art Education.16. Methods for Teaching Art: Classroom Practice.17. The Social Dimension: Collaborative Art Activities and Instructional Games.18. Classroom Organization and Exhibition of Student Work.19. Curriculum: Background, Planning, and Organization.20. Assessing Student Learning and Achievement.