International Journal of Education & the Arts IJEA is an open access platform for scholarly dialogue. Our commitment is to the highest forms of research and scholarship invested in the significances of the arts in education and the education within the arts. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research-based field studies including, aesthetics, art theory, music education, visual arts education, drama education, dance education, media education, education in literature, and narrative and holistic integrated studies that cross or transcend these fields.