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stance between studio art and art criticism/history; (2) the distance between thinking in images and thinking in words; and (3) the distance between art and culture in cognition. A curriculum is developed to integrate studio work with criticism and teach art along with culture.

Benefits. DBAE programs are increasingly being used in schools; this because they have been associated with several benefits. For example, Rozelle (1994) has stated that discipline based art education may be one answer to deal with the dilemmas posed by limited financial support for art education programs. Specifically, he suggests that discipline-based art education, which includes lessons on art criticism and art history, can be employed to provide quality art education to students within what ever discipline it is being applied, e.g., social studies, science, etc.

Another benefit of discipline-based art education relates to culture. In this regard, Gilmour (1994) points out that changing social perspectives of contemporary life include the notion that the individual place a greater focus on and respect for cultures and subcultures. In many discipline-based art education programs, Gilmour states, the art used is reflective of a culture or subculture. Thus, DBAE not only serves to teach students about art and to further their studies in the given discipline utilizing the DBAE approach, but also it can serve to prepare them for the larger cultural arena.

Advocates of DBAE have had to deal with criticisms stating that most DBAE programs are dry and do not really allow children the kind of creative expression that can be achieved only in regular art education classes. However, in a review of the literature, Dunnahoo (1993) rejected this criticism, asserting that there is ample research evidence that properly implemented DBAE produces intellectual and emotional excitement among students.

Amdur (1993) contends that the integrated curriculum a...

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