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Madeja, Stanley Stephan was born on December 9, 1934 in Minneapolis. Son of Stanley Kaspar and Catherine (Patrick) Madeja.
(Assessing Expressive Learning is the only book in the art...)
Assessing Expressive Learning is the only book in the art education field to date to propose and support a research-supported teacher-directed authentic assessment model for evaluating K-12 studio art, and to offer practical information on how to implement the model. This practical text for developing visual arts assessment for grades 1-12 is based on and supported by the results of a year-long research effort primarily sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, involving 70 art teachers and 1,500 students in 12 school districts in Florida, Indiana, and Illinois. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate that creative artwork by K-12 students can be empirically assessed using quantitative measures that are consistent with the philosophical assumptions of authentic learning and with the means and ends of art, and that these measures can reliably assess student art growth. A further goal was to provide a rationale for the assessment of student art as an essential part of the K-12 instructional program and to encourage art teachers to take responsibility for and assume a leadership role in the assessment of art learning in the school and the school district. Assessing Expressive Learning: *reports on current assessment methods but also stresses a time-tested portfolio assessment process that can be used or adapted for use in any K-12 art classroom; *includes the assessment instruments used in the study and several case studies of art teachers using electronic portfolios of student work, a bibliography of major art assessment efforts, and a critical review of current methods; *is designed to be teacher- and system-friendly, unlike many other art assessment publications that provide only a review of information on assessment; and *both documents an experiment where artistic values and aesthetic issues were considered paramount in the education of K-12 students in the visual arts, and also serves as a guide for the conduct of similar experiments by art teachers in the nation's schools--the research methodology and results are reported in an appendix in a format that will enable educational researchers to duplicate the study. This volume is ideal as a text for upper-division undergraduate and graduate classes in visual arts education assessment, and highly relevant for college art education professors, researchers, and school district personnel involved in the education and supervision of art teachers, and researchers interested in performance measurement.
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Madeja, Stanley Stephan was born on December 9, 1934 in Minneapolis. Son of Stanley Kaspar and Catherine (Patrick) Madeja.
Bachelor of Science in Art and Education, University Minnesota, 1956. Master of Arts in Art and Education, University Minnesota, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Art and Education, University Minnesota, 1965.
Teacher art and jewelry design secondary schools, Minneapolis, St. Paul, 1956-1964. Associate professor department art Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1964-1966. Art specialist arts and humanities program United States Office Education, Washington, 1967-1968.
Director arts and general education John D. Rockefeller 3d Fund, St. Louis, 1968-1971. Director aesthetic education Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory, 1971-1973. Vice president CEMREL, 1973-1982.
Associate professor Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1966-1967, dean visual and performing arts, 1983-1994, professor art, 1994—2006, professor art emeritus, since 2006. Instructor jewelry design University Minnesota Extension, Minneapolis, 1962-1964. Director, artist-in-residence National Endowment for Arts, St. Louis, 1969-1970.
Distinguished visiting professor Arizona State University, Tempe, 1982-1983. Chairman art education North Illinois University, 1995-2004. Principal Madejay Associates, 1972-2000.
(Assessing Expressive Learning is the only book in the art...)
(Assessing Expressive Learning is the only book in the art...)
Author: (with Hurwitz) Joyous Vision: An Art Appreciation Text for Art Teachers, 1977. Editor: Arts and Aesthetics: An Agenda for the Future, 1977, The Arts, Cognition and Basic Skills, 1977, Gifted and Talented Programs for the Visual Arts, 1983, TheatreAs a Cultural and Economic Factor in World Trade, 1994, Spaces for Learning and Creating in a Cyber World, 2004, (with C. Dorn and R. Sabal) Assessing Expressive Learning, 2004.
Board directors Loretto-Hilton Repertory Theatre, St. Louis, 1976-1982. President, board directors Chamber Music Chicago, 1983-1990. President Illinois Arts Alliance, Chicago, since 1992.
Member National Board Young Audiences, since 1975. Member National Art Education Association, International Council Fine Arts Deans (secretary-treasurer 1991-1993), Council for Policy Studies in Art.
Married Marie E. Newell, June 11, 1960. Children: Kevin, Geoffrey, Stephanie.