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|Department of Art Education - Virginia Commonwealth University

|Department of Art Education - Virginia Commonwealth University

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           o Dr. Melanie Buffington has published articles, reviews, and chapters in several publications in the field including the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education .

           o Dr. Melanie Buffington has published articles, reviews, and chapters in several publications in the field including the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education [6].

Dr. Melanie L. Buffington, Assistant Professor of Art Education, earned her Ph.D. and M.A. at The Ohio State University and her B.S. at The Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Melanie L. Buffington, Assistant Professor of Art Education, earned her Ph.D. and M.A. at The Ohio State University and her B.S. at The Pennsylvania State University.

     * Technology - the department embraces uses of technology in art education including hypertext, Second Life, and Web 2.0 technologies. Within Technology in Art Education ARTE670, a graduate course, students created podcasts for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts [8] exhibit Rule Brittania [9].

     * Technology - the department embraces uses of technology in art education including hypertext, Second Life, and Web 2.0 technologies. Within Technology in Art Education ARTE670, a graduate course, students created podcasts for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts [8] exhibit Rule Brittania [9].

     * Research -Not only does the art education faculty follow a consistent research agenda, but also the program emphasizes scholarship at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for travel grants[10] to attend conferences, present original papers or mount exhibits. Undergraduate students are now eligible for the newly established undergraduate research grants [11] sponsored by the School of the Arts.

     * Research -Not only does the art education faculty follow a consistent research agenda, but also the program emphasizes scholarship at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for travel grants[10] to attend conferences, present original papers or mount exhibits. Undergraduate students are now eligible for the newly established undergraduate research grants [11] sponsored by the School of the Arts.

     * Curriculum - The program emphasizes a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to curriculum. Students within the department are encouraged to use Tinderbox [13] to explore and develop unit plans and curricula and interdisciplinary approach to curriculum. In 2006, Dr. Pamela G. Taylor published "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Art in High School" with Steve Carpenter, Billie Sessions and Christine Ballangee-Morris. Within the department, professors stress the Big Idea concept as described by Sydney Walker [14] in Teaching Meaning in Art Making (2001).

     * Curriculum - The program emphasizes a multi-cultural [[12]]and interdisciplinary approach to curriculum. Students within the department are encouraged to use Tinderbox [13] to explore and develop unit plans and curricula and interdisciplinary approach to curriculum. In 2006, Dr. Pamela G. Taylor published "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Art in High School" with Steve Carpenter, Billie Sessions and Christine Ballangee-Morris. Within the department, professors stress the Big Idea concept as described by Sydney Walker [14] in Teaching Meaning in Art Making (2001).

     * Visual Culture - The department believes visual culture is an important part of art education and is integral to teaching students how interpret contemporary media.

     * Visual Culture - The department believes visual culture is an important part of art education and is integral to teaching students how interpret contemporary media.