Northern Illinois University
School of Art and Design
College of Visual and Performing Arts

Title:	Professor
Department:	Art and Design Education
Office Location:	Art Building, room 201G
Office Phone:	815-753-7847
Office Fax:	815-753-7701
Email:	dboughton@niu.edu

Educational Background

• Ph.D. Secondary Art Education, University of Alberta 1976
• M.A. Art education, University of Calgary, 1973
• B. Ed.Art education, University of Calgary, 1972
• Diploma Art Education, National Art School, Sydney 1968
• NSW Teachers Certificate (Primary Education), Wagga Wagga, 1962

Courses Taught

• ARTE 387/687 -  Evaluation and Assessment of the Visual Arts in Education
• ARTE 685  - Research Readings in Art Education
• ARTE 342/542 - Introduction to Art Education

Current Research

• Risk taking as part of the creative process for senior high school students.
• Moderation models for the development of valid and reliable assessment data in the visual arts.

Publications

Three co-edited books A monograph, twenty book chapters and more than eighty articles on the topics of art education curriculum policy, assessment, and multiculturalism including articles published in Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek and Slovenian languages.

Books

• Beyond Multicultural Art Education: International Perspectives. In the Series European Studies in Education, Volume 12, (with Rachel Mason), Waxmann Munster, NY and München, Berlin 1999.
• Evaluating Art Education Programs in Community Centers: International Perspectives of Conception and Practice. Vol 4 in Series Advances in Program Evaluation. (With Kristin Condon) Robert E Stake, series Editor. Connecticut, USA: JAI Press 1998.
• Evaluating and Assessing the Visual Arts in Education: International Perspectives. (With Elliot Eisner and Johan Ligtvoet) NY: Teachers College Press 1996 Monograph
• Evaluation and Assessment of Visual Arts Education. Geelong: Deakin University Press 1994

Book Chapters

• Assessment of Student Art Learning. In International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education, (Vol. 2) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc (In Press).
• Research Themes in Art Education: Making Sense of the Discipline. In Kathy Miraglia and Cathy Smilan, Inquiry in Action: Paradigms, Methodologies and Perspectives in Art Education. Reston VA, NAEA Press 2014.
• Assessment of Performance in the Visual Arts: What, How, and Why. In Karpati, A., Gaul, E. (Eds.) : From Child Art to Visual Culture of Youth - New Models and Tools for Assessment of Learning and Creation in Art Education. Intellect Press, Bristol, UK.
• The Value of Portfolio Data in Action Research. In Sheri Klein (Ed.) Action Research Methods: Plain and Simple Palgrave Macmillan: New York, NY 2012
• The Seven Defining Characteristics of a Visual Culture Approach to Art Education. In Titika Salla (Ed.) Contemporary Approaches in Art Education. Nissos Publications, Athens, Greece. Pp 23-36. (Published in English and Greek) 2011
• The Shaping of Visual Arts in Education. In Bob Moon, Miriam Ben-Peretz, and Sally Brown, (Eds) Routledge International Companion to Education. London: Routledge 2000.

Articles

• Risk Taking and the Assessment of Creative Learning. Deltio Ekpaidfektikou Provlimatismou kai Epikoinonias. Athens, Greece. No 57.
• The Curriculum as a Work of Art: Conceptualizing Change in the Context of Social Transformation, Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International, Eskisehir, Turkey. Vol 5, No 3. Art Education Special Issue. 2015.
• Curriculum Reform , Creativity, and Assessment in the Visual Arts, ANZAAE Journal Volume 21 (2) ANZAAE Conference Proceedings (2011) ISSN: 1175-6500 Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators 16 December.
• Boughton, D. (2005). From Fine Art to Visual Culture: assessment and the changing role of art education. International Journal of Education through Art. Vol 1, No 3. 211-223.

Honors/Awards

• Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, National Award National Art Education Association (NAEA) 2017.
• Higher Education Art Educator of the Year: Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA) 2015.
• Edwin Ziegfeld Award: For outstanding contribution to international art education. Awarded by the United States Society for Education Through Art, March, 2006.
• Distinguished Visiting Professor. The Daxia Forum Lecture For the Humanities and Social Sciences at East China University, Shanghai 2005.
• NAEA Distinguished Fellow: National Art Education Association. 2004
• Studies in Art Education Invited Lecture Award. Presented by the editorial board for consistent contributions through published literature to the direction and scope of the profession. 1997

Leadership Roles

Present

• Head, Art and Design Education program at NIU.
• Chair, Distinguished Fellow of the NAEA (National Art Education Association).

Past

• World President of InSEA (International Society for Education through Art).
• Chief Examiner Visual Arts for the International Baccalaureate Organization.
• Director, School of Art, Northern Illinois University.
• Head, Department of Art, Salisbury College of Advanced Education, South Australia.
• Head, School of art and Design Education University of South Australia.
• Foundation Director, National Art Education Research Council -Australian Institute of Art Education.
• Consulting Professor in Art Education to the Institute of Education in Hong Kong.

International Keynotes, Public Lectures and Invited Addresses

• Keynote Address - Risky Business: The Arts and Creative Production in Schools. Annual Spotlight on the Arts Conference Theme: Creativity and the Art of Taking Risks. Palais Des Congrès, Montréal, 2016.
• Invited Presentation - Risk Taking and the Future of Assessment in Art and Design Education. Conference "Art and Education: Teaching and Pedagogical Approaches for the School in the 21st Century", Onassis Cultural Centre, 2015.
• Public Lecture - Assessment Issues in Art Education, 2014.
• Keynote Address - The Curriculum as a Work of Art: Conceptualizing Change in the Context of Social Transformation. Anadolu International Symposium on Arts Education. Andolu University, Eskisehir, 2014.
• Opening Keynote Issues in Art and Design Assessment , Assessment in Art and Design Education. National College of Art and Design, University College, Dublin, 2014.
• Keynote Address - The Value of Portfolio Data in Action Research National Changhua University of Education Sisterhood Conference for Graduate Students, 2012.
• Keynote Presentation - Evaluating Art Learning in Higher Education: Madness, Myths, and Survival Inaugural National Assessment in the Arts Conference, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, 2011.