Nancy Jones

ARE6933: Art Education Beyond School Walls, Fall 2015

Dr. Jodi Kushins
October 5, 2015
Annotated Bibliography
Chapman, L. (1985). Curriculum development as process and product. Studies in Art
Education, 26(4), 206-211.
Chapman outlines the process of developing an elementary art curriculum for
distribution. She goes through the stages of the curriculum process. The information
regarding curriculum writing can be useful in creating a curriculum designed
specifically for homeschool high school students. The four stages of the curriculum
development would be helpful in creating the homeschool curriculum.

Green, C. L. & Hoover-Dempsey, K. V. (2007). Why do parents homeschool? A

systematic examination of parental involvement. Education and Urban Society, 39(2),
264-285.
This article studies the reasons that parents decide to homeschool. Green and HooverDempsey conducted a survey of 136 parents of homeschooled elementary children.
The results imply that the reasons are for quality education rather than values or
content in public schools. This paper could be helpful in knowing reasons behind
homeschool and possible ideas of parental involvement in education. It could also
give insight into possible methods of homeschool, such as unschooling.

Liu, P. (2009). Integrating thinking, art and language in teaching young children.
International Education, 39(1), 6-29.
This article is a study of preschool children in China that are educated using the
instructional technique Integrating Thinking, Art and Language. The goal is to help
develop multiple intelligences in the young children. The study had 67 preschoolers
participate. While the age group is much younger than my focus, I believe this article
can give me insight into integrating my art lessons with other subjects. I have some
ideas for integration, and this resource could give me information on how effective
integration could be.

Miller, D. (2015). Cultivating creativity. English Journal, 104(6), 25-30.

Miller opens her article by explaining the benefits of creativity and how it promotes
higher thinking and the ability to solve complex problems. Miller discusses
scrutinizing models, ideas on how to implement the changes, some potential barriers,
cultural resistance, and ways to nurture creativity in the classroom. Her article is
geared toward the classroom school setting, but could be beneficial for homeschool
families that want to cultivate creativity.

Muldowney, H. M. (2011). The operation of cooperative education for homeschooled

children: The quality homeschool cooperative as a case study (Doctoral dissertation).
Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database. (UMI No. 3486122).

The dissertation covers a case study of a homeschool cooperative (co-op). Co-ops are
a group of families that help each other educate their children. Muldowney researches
the history of the co-op, the operations, documents, and interviews co-op members.
Since part of my program would involve working with a co-op, I found that this could
be a helpful resource to understand how a co-op works and what to expect if the
program is involved.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston. (2015). Home School Programs [webpage]. Retrieved from
http://www.mfa.org/programs/community-programs/home-school-programs
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston does multiple classes each week for each age
group. This gives the ability for students to take art classes on a variety of subjects
within a month. They have a schedule on their website and give a brief idea of what
the classes are about. This resource provides a set up method for classes and ideas for
working with a museum.

ODonnell, T. (2013). Homeschooling and contemporary art education in Central

Florida (Masters thesis). Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00003633
This Masters thesis introduces the history of homeschooling and the motivations of
families to homeschool. The multiple family case study in Central Florida could give
ideas for possible needs of families and how to work art into an existing homeschool
curriculum. The author provides suggested education approaches to provide art
education in a homeschool community.

Philadelphia Museum of Art. (2015). Homeschool Program [webpage]. Retrieved from

http://www.philamuseum.org/schooltours?page=5
The Philadelphia Museum of Art provides classes for all ages of homeschool
students. They have nine 2-hour classes each school year for the high school students.
The classes work with the same Museum Educator throughout the year and get to
interact with the galleries for their lessons. This resource could help with ideas for
working with the museum for a homeschool high school program. It is a possibility to
use the same format as PMOA and have one class a month at The Square.

Shields, L. A. H. (2015). How homeschool students perceive their experiences

influencing academic and social integration in college (Doctoral dissertation).
Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database. (UMI No. 3708790).
This dissertation discusses the learning processes of homeschoolers and how they
compare and contrast to the university system. The information comes from
interviews conducted by eleven state universities and nine community colleges. There
are several benefits to this dissertation; the data exposes what skills homeschoolers
tend to be strong in, and it explains the limitations of homeschool students in college.
This research could be helpful in planning how the class would be structured and
possibly help students to build up some of the limitations expressed in the paper.

Templeton, R., & Johnson, C. (2008). Homeschool learners. In T. Good (Ed.), 21st
century education: A reference handbook. (pp. 297-309). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Publications, Inc. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964012.n82

Templeton and Johnson explain a brief history of homeschooling, define types of

homeschooling, reasons for homeschooling, historical and current perspectives of
homeschoolers, and a variety of methods of homeschooling. The chapter also goes
over homeschooling on a global scale, cooperatives, virtual learning, and
homeschoolers in college. This resource is valuable for how it explains the different
homeschool methods. Since my program is based off Unschooling, it would be
helpful to see other methods that could also be beneficial to the homeschool art
program.