Teaching Visual Culture
Subtitle: Curriculum, Aesthetics and the Social Life of Art
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780807743720
Subjects: Art, fine art, decorative arts; Teaching of a specific subject; Study & Teaching; Education; Art & Art Instruction; Study and teaching; Art and society; Educational Policy & Reform; Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology; Art; Philosophy
Description: "Drawing on social, cognitive, and curricular theory foundations, Freedman offers a conceptual framework for teaching the visual arts from a cultural standpoint. Chapters discuss: visual culture in a democracy; aesthetics in curriculum; philosophical and historical considerations; recent changes in the field of art history; connections between art, student development, and cognition; interpretation of art inside and outside of school; the role of fine arts in curriculum; technology and teaching; television as the national curriculum; student artistic production and assessment, and much more"--Http://www.naea-reston.org/publications-list.html.