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This dissertation focuses on the effectiveness of integrating communication technology, specifically the Internet, to enhance teaching practices. With the foundation of teacher as researcher, the teacher implemented this study under...
In developing a curriculum for the Beehive Collective's "Plan Colombia" campaign, I examine how multiple narratives offering different points of view on the same topic can help viewers discover the ways that images and words are used to...
Suffering traumatic events and the stress disorders that may develop as a result of these experiences disrupt the successful daily functioning and the quality of a person's life. The current art therapy protocols that serve to combat the...
Research in pediatric medical art therapy is comprised largely of case studies. The motivation for this study was to contribute quantitative data to the literature on art therapy with children who experienced hospitalization and medical...
Curatorial practices are shifting due to recent changes in the focus and structure of U.S. art museums (Brenson, 1998; Bryk, 2001; Willumson, 2007). As a result, curators experienced conflicts due to a loss of their original audience, ...
A self-regulatory intervention of metacognitive/self-reflective journal writing, which specifically addressed goal setting, self-reflection and self-evaluation, was used in combination with an established digital portfolio assessment...
This research was designed, via auto-photo elicitation, to discover what a democratic school is, specifically Grassroots Free School in Tallahassee, FL. Questions concerning how free school pedagogy is implemented and how students of a...
Works of art have been referred to as a good source of fuel for the engagement of art museum visitors, thus art museum education researchers and practitioners have sought to create opportunities active social interactions between...
Using a single subject research design, two university students, one with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia (PDA) and one with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), received seven individual, one-hour sessions incorporating art therapy...
The purpose of this study was to examine how viewers experienced the museum environments of two different Japanese collections, and to explore how these physical environments affected visitor meaning making. The two museum environments...
Parkinson's disease affects millions of individuals worldwide. The physical symptoms of the disease, including tremor, rigidity, and slowness of movement, are devastating. In the same sense, the cognitive and emotional symptoms of the...
Research investigated the effectiveness of an art therapy intervention based on the conversational model in improving the quality of the relationship in a caregiving dyad. Caregiving dyads were composed of spousal caregivers and spouses...
Chemical dependency addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Addiction interferes with an individual's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development. This qualitative...
This study identified current attitudes, beliefs, and philosophies guiding practices in art museum education assessment. The evaluation and assessment of educational programming is an increasing concern for museums. Practitioners and...
This ethnographic research explores the nature of one contemporary community fiber art guild. My nine-month participation within this distinctive art world guided my major research question: "What is and has been the nature of women's...
The purpose of this research study was to determine whether or not adults experienced anxiety when given certain art materials in an art therapy session; and if the materials did cause anxiety for the participants, which materials caused...
The purpose of the study is to examine art education in boys' middle schools in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The study specifically investigated characteristics of art education teachers, teaching methods and guidelines, school...
Volunteers are among the most important assets of an arts organization. As trends in volunteerism are based on societal changes, the number of episodic volunteers, that is, volunteers who prefer a flexible and sporadic volunteer schedule...
With the rapidly growing population of Internet users, many artists now utilize the Internet as a mean to both access and create artworks, which themselves have a newfound opportunity to communicate with the greater public. However, the...
This study was an exploration of the public trust and accountability characteristics of an accreditable museum as defined by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Museums that are accredited demonstrate their commitment to community...
This dissertation study examines the growing art museum practice of using exhibition development teams, where cross-departmental staff members and community members collaborate throughout the planning and implementation of an exhibition....
This study is a quasi-experimental study designed primarily to investigate whether a student self-regulated learning strategy would positively affect the student art performance of 50 students from two intact eighth-grade classes in a...
Bullying has become a major problem in U.S. schools. In response to this issue, this research study used art therapy interventions to examine bullying behaviors among four students. Personal construct theory and previous research in art...
This study examined the purposes, contents, and processes of a community of practice (CoP) for art teachers in North Florida, using as a conceptual framework the practical model for CoPs developed by Wenger, McDermott, and Snyder (2002)....
A socially created community has emerged in Tallahassee, Florida, with West African dancing and drumming at its core. This phenomenological study is to describe and understand the nature of the African dancing and drumming community in...
This phenomenological study identifies key morphological properties of spatial configurations in two contemporary educational buildings--the William Johnston Building at Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) and the Mandel...
This study investigated the use of a mandala drawing activity to reduce test anxiety in a small group of fifth grade students. A group of six students both boys and girls from a private North Florida School participated in the 4 week...
While there are different theoretical models on creativity, most attest that cognitive processes are needed in the act of creating. To find consistency amongst research and theories, this thesis analyzed research literature on creativity...
This study presents the experiences and critical perspectives of a small, racially diverse group of veteran arts educators in urban schools in order to counter deficit-based fears and stereotypes about their students, schools, and...
There is a lack of research on intervention protocols for adolescent children of alcoholics who are high achieving and demonstrate a low probability of substance use disorders. Historically, these children have high academic success and...
This study is based in the belief that we may use visual images as means of communication. In today's multicultural and globalized modern society the development of communication technology and transportation has made is extremely...
Community cultural planning involves a public-private process intended to promote arts and culture for economic and social development purposes. Today, the increased importance of creative industries and tourism has led many U.S. cities...
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