Founded in 1947, The National Art Education Association is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators. Members include elementary, middle and high school visual arts educators, college and university professors, researchers and scholars, teaching artists, administrators and supervisors, and art museum educators, as well as more than 45,000 students who are members of the National Art Honor Society or are university students preparing to be art educators. - See more at: http://www.arteducators.org/about-us
Type of Material:
Collection of art education news, events, professional development opportunities, articles, research, and teaching resources for preK - university art educators. NAEA members have additional access to NAEA newsletters, conference materials, etc.
Recommended Uses:
The NAEA website can be used to provide quick references, learning opportunities for individuals and groups, and self-paced curriculum development. Some of the site content can actually become lessons for professional development for educators. There are online collaboration opportunities for educators as well.
Technical Requirements:
The website is easily accessible with internet connection using computer or laptop (mobile) device. It is available to share on different platforms such as Facebook, Google docs, LinkedIn, Tweets, Pinterest, QR code. To gain access to the monthly newsletter, membership is necessary and a cost is involved with this; however, numerous other resources available without this membership.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) advances visual arts education to fulll human potential and promote global understanding. It is the world's largest art education organization. There are five major goals: 1) NAEA is a dynamic, inclusive, and diverse professional community that shares a commitment to NAEA’s mission and vision. 2) NAEA inuences stakeholders and decision makers tosupport visual arts education. 3) NAEA provides exemplary learning opportunities that help members become more eective educators, artists, leaders, and advocates for visual arts education. 4) NAEA conducts research and generates knowledge that enriches and expands visual arts education, and widely shares that research and knowledge. 5) NAEA’s culture, systems, structures, and resources facilitate its mission of advancing visual arts education.
Target Student Population:
The resource is valuable for a number of different levels for students: collegiate and K-12 instruction. It is geared more towards middle school through collegiate-level students and teachers, along with professional artists.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None need. Being a NAEA member provides access to additional art education resources and opportunities.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
This site contains a wealth of information to support K-university educators and K-university art educators in particular. Information, news, advocacy tools, research articles and information and more are available for users. Community opportunities for art educators by region of the country/province AND by level of teaching make it easy to connect with others within the organization. If users are NAEA members there is additional access to NAEA research articles in Studies in Art Education, the NAEA journal, Art Education, and the NAEA Newsletter. Information regarding the annual NAEA Covention program and housing options is also included on this site.
Concerns:
None. Membership is necessary to view the newsletter, but a vast amount of resources are available without membership.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
Besides current art education research articles and video clips, the NAEA site provides access to its platform and position statements (currently 44 as of August 2019) in the following categories: Students, Art Educators, Relationships, Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. These position statements provide rationales and reasons that will help art educators at the local level advocate for art education and seek support and funding for arts programming. NAEA members have access to hundreds of presentation clips and notes from previous NAEA National Conventions going back to the 2012 NAEA Convention. NAEA provides a multitude of current and archived webinars that provide professional development opportunities for is member users. Members can elect to earn university credit for their time spent viewing archived webinars and participating in current webinar offerings.
Concerns:
None.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The NAEA website is systematically organized and easy to navigate. The layout is clear with main links and tabs found at the top of every page. Contact links, social media links, and quick links are found at the bottom of every page. There is a search feature for the entire NAEA site found on the top right corner. The site has a built-in collaboration tool, Collaborate, that allows art educators to reach out to other members, pose questions, receive answers, and share key information. The website is attractive (actually inspiring) since it features actual examples of art education work.
Concerns:
Those who have minimal technology skills may need additional time in moving through all of the resources and finding what they want. However, tabs and search buttons help organize and support the movement throughout the website.
Creative Commons:
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