James Catterall

Professor
Urban Schooling

3341 Moore Hall

(310) 825 5572

jamesc@gseis.ucla.edu

Education

Ph.D., Educational Policy Analysis, Stanford University, 1982
M.A., Public Policy Analysis, University of Minnesota, 1973
A.B., Economics, Princeton University, 1970

Research Interests

Arts and human development; Arts and neuroscience / brain structure and function; Evaluation of Arts - Integration Programs: Joining the visual and performance arts with academic subjects; Issues generally related to education policy implementation; Issues related to children at-risk of school failure

Recent Publications

"Learning in the visual arts and the worldviews of young children: lessons from skid row. Under review: Cambridge (UK) Journal of Education.

"How Can Positive Research Findings Help a Policy Weakling." Chicago Policy Review, June 2006. (View Complete Publication)

"Enhancing peer conflict resolution skills through drama: an experimental study." In Press: Research in Drama Education, Fall 2006.

The Arts and Education: New Opportunities for Research. Washington, DC: The Arts Education Partnership and the American Educational Research Association, 2005. (View Complete Publication)

"Conversation and silence: transfer of learning through the arts." Journal for Learning Through the Arts, 1/1, 1-12. Spring 2005. (View Complete Publication)

"Visual Representation Through Children's Drawings and Assessment of Academic Achievement by Language Minority Children" (with Karen DeJarnette, MFA Ph.D.). Forthcoming.

"Involvement in the Arts and Human Development." With J. Iwanaga and R. Chapleau. Chapter in Edward B. Fiske (Ed.), Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning. The Arts Education Partnership; The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; and the GE Fund. 1999. (1-18). (View Complete Publication)

"The Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education: Summary Evaluation." With Lynn A. Waldorf. Chapter in Edward B. Fiske (Ed.), Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning. The Arts Education Partnership; The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; and the GE Fund. 1999. (47-62). (View Complete Publication)