Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Importance of Art Education 1
  • Chapter 1 Review of the Literature on the Aesthetic Preferences of Young Children 5
  • Importance of Aesthetic Education 5
  • Aesthetic Growth From a Developmental Perspective 7
  • Parson's Theory of Aesthetic Development 9
  • Chapter 2 Current Research on the Aesthetic Preferences of Young Children 15
  • Phase 1 Aesthetic Preferences of Caucasian Pre-School Children for Color Reproductions 16
  • Phase 2 Aesthetic Preferences of Caucasian Pre-School Children for Black and White Reproductions 19
  • Phase 3 Aesthetic Preferences of Pre-School African-American Children for Color Reproduction 20
  • Phase 4 Aesthetic Preferences of Mexican Children for Color Reproductions 21
  • Phase One Through Four-Compared and Contrasted: The Aesthetic Preferences of Caucasian, African-American, and Mexican Pre-School Children 22
  • Phase 5 Pre-School Children and Their Parents Aesthetic Preferences 25
  • Phase 6 and 7 Aesthetic Preferences of Sixth Grade Children, and University Education Majors 33
  • Chapter 3 Adapting Research Findings to the Early Childhood Classroom 39
  • Suggested Art Activities and Visuals for Two and Three Year Old Children 43
  • Lesson for the painting, "Charing Cross Bridge" by Derain 43
  • Lessons for the Painting, "Improvisation 3 (Sea Battle) by Kandinsky 44
  • Lessons for the Painting, "The Cradle" by Monet 46
  • Lesson for the Painting, "The Lovers" by Picasso 47.