A Study of Secondary Art Teachers' Knowledge, Interpretation, and Implementation of Major Art Education Reform Initiatives With Implications for Art Teacher Education

Abstract

Recommendations include increased funding for art programs; intensification of specialized in-service/staff development training on discipline-based art education and the inclusion of multicultural content; increased cooperation or collaboration among teachers in the development of art curriculum to increase students' understanding of art content and relationship to other subjects; and rethinking of roles by university-based art educators and school-based art teachers to develop a creative partnership and facilitate art education reforms agenda.