The Shape of Things to Come.(arts education in the twenty-first century)

Arts education at the turn of the millennium faced some major challenges: Proponents of arts education had to nurture the development of the arts and culture in an environment increasingly dominated by marketplace forces and to engage a larger percentage of the population in thoughtful interaction with the arts, not only as audience members but also as hands-on participants in creating and performing art work. At the same time, they had to move the field of education back toward a balanced vision of curriculum that not only honors the role of the arts and humanities, but also uses ...