Art and social justice education
Subtitle: culture as commons
By: edited by Therese Quinn, John Ploof, and Lisa Hochtritt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780415879064; 9780415879071; 9780203852477
Subjects: Arts; Study and teaching; Social aspects; Teaching; Education; Social justice; Art in education
Description: "Art and Social Justice Education offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical, meaningful, and transformative arts education curricula and arts integration projects. The images, descriptive texts, essays, and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework and linked to ideas about culture as commons. Essays and a section written by and for teachers who have already incorporated contemporary artists and ideas into their curricula help readers to imagine ways to use the content in their own settings. The book is enhanced by a Companion Website featuring artists and artworks, project examples, and dialogue threads for educators. Proposing that art can contribute in a wide range of ways to the work of envisioning and making a more just world, this imaginative, practical, and engaging sourcebook of contemporary artists' works and education resources advances the field of arts education, locally, nationally, and internationally, by moving beyond models of discipline-based or expressive art education. It will be welcomed by all educators seeking to include the arts and social justice in their curricula."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.