Art & Design Resources: Art Education
Your guide to resources that can make researching in the visual arts easier. (Originally written by Heather Lowe of the Visual Resource Center.)
Recommended Library Databases
Web Resources
- California Arts ProjectCollaborative, statewide network of classroom teachers and university scholars with the mission of improving teaching and learning the arts.
- Visual Arts - California Content StandardsAcademic content standards for Visual and Performing Arts in kindergarten through grade twelve, adopted by the California State Board of Education.
Teaching and Lesson Planning Tools
- Getty Education CenterThough the page now includes many of the Getty activities, if you click on the K-12 Teachers and Students, you can find a wealth of resources including curriculum building tools, lesson plans by artists, and grade level-specific guides to creating effective lessons.
- ArtsEdgeOffers a wide range of lesson plans on various topics that include an arts perspective. Here, you can find resources such as games, interactive media, and much more to help you engage students.
- EduWebDesign firm that creates interactive lessons for museums. Their site links out to these projects.
- Annenberg Foundation: Arts in Every ClassroomProfessional development on the topic of creating engaging arts lessons for elementary students. Site includes 14 videos that examine real examples of art lesson plans.
- Art 21Ongoing series from PBS features video interviews and profiles of contemporary artists. Includes resources for educators.
Books
Library books at CSUSB are cataloged with Library of Congress Subject Headings. To explore items catalogued under the subject of art history, you may want to use terms for stylistic periods (Renaissance, Fauvism), artist names, and the term art history. For items specifically on the teaching of art, try art--study and teaching.
Though the online catalog is a great tool, sometimes it's helpful to go and browse the resources in the library. Art history and education are huge topics. In fact, all books with a call number starting with N are about some topic in the visual arts. If you go to the library, you might want to start in the following call number ranges: N 70’s to N 100’s, especially N 85, and also N 350's.
Art and Cognition: Integrating the visual arts in the curriculum by Call Number: N353 .E34 2002ISBN: 9780807742181Publication Date: 2002
The Arts and the Creation of Mind by Call Number: N84 .E38 2002 and also as an ebook!ISBN: 0300095236Publication Date: 2002
Why Our Schools Need the Arts by Call Number: LB1591.5.U57 D38 2008ISBN: 9780807748343Publication Date: 2007
Selected Journals & Magazines
- Arts & ActivitiesPfau Library's online subscription; coverage through 2019.
- Art BulletinPfau Library's online subscription.
- Studies in Art EducationPfau Library's online subscription.
- International Journal of Art & Design EducationPfau Library's online subscription.
- Arts Education Policy ReviewPfau Library's online subscription.
Technology Tools
- Voice ThreadA wonderful tool that has kept the principles of accessibility and universal design in mind. Educators can use recordings, images, video, and more to create online presentations. Students can comment on the content in multiple different ways.
- PreziAn online presentation tool that allows you to navigate a map like visual space.
- Jupiter GradesOnline grading tool whose core features are free.