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No. 264 Visual Culture in the Art Class: Case
Studies
Paul Duncum
This anthology offers reports from teachers on a range
of classroom and community pursuits informed by studies
of visual culture. All of these teachers are rethinking
the purposes and scope of art education. Many of their
narratives include theoretical ideas along with significant
details about teaching methods and indicators of student
learning. This anthology demonstrates that studies initiated
under the banner of visual culture take many forms in
practice, may have different theoretical emphases, and
are not entirely new in every respect. In the context
of art education, they provide an occasion to students
and teachers to consider who has authority in deciding
what counts as “art,” when, in what contexts,
with what consequences, and for whom.
194 pgs. (2006) ISBN 1-890160-33-4
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No. 223 | Culture and the Arts in Education:
Critical Essays on Shaping Human Experience
Ralph A. Smith
This collection of Ralph Smith’s writings provides
a comprehensive overview of his extraordinary contributions
to understanding the importance of aesthetics in education.
These essays record his lifelong efforts to construct
a defensible rationale for the arts in general education
and a workable curriculum for art education in our public
schools (K–16). The topics covered range from liberal
education to arts education, the relationship of art,
aesthetics, and aesthetic education to teaching and
curriculum, the arts and the humanities, and cultural
diversity.
177 pgs. {2005} ISBN 0-8077-4654-1
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No. 215 | Video Art for the Classroom
George and Ilona Szekely, Editors
This anthology features contributions from over 18
video artists and educators. Each contributing author
offers a diverse approach to the use of video art with
students. This book offers examples spanning a broad
range of various technological levels, and projects
ranging from the shoebox "camera" to actual
animation, documentary, broadcast journalism, and more.
Each chapter relays a distinct account of how video
art was and can be used successfully in the K-12 classroom
or community to make art come alive—regardless
of budget or technological savvy.
204 pgs. {2005} ISBN 1-890160-27-X
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No. 293 | Semiotics and Visual Culture: Sights, Signs, and Significance
Deborah L. Smith-Shank, Editor
Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols in culture. Anything can be a sign, and most things are, most of the time. Signs are not stagnant and the meanings we attribute to them change over time as the contexts and our own understandings change. Semioticians bring to their study of signs and meanings, their work in disciplines as different as education, neuroscience, botany, mathematics, psychology, ecology, music, and art.
154 pgs. {2004} ISBN 1-890160-25-3
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No. 289 | Teaching Visual Culture
Kerry Freedman
Global culture is rapidly shifting from text-based communication to image saturation. Visual culture is everywhere: on television, in museums, in magazines, in movie theaters, on billboards, on the internet, and in shopping malls. As a result, learning about the complexities of visual culture is becoming ever more critical to human development. This is the first book to focus on teaching visual culture. 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.
189 pgs. {2003} ISBN 0-8077-4371-2
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No. 286 | The Arts and the Creation of Mind
Elliot W. Eisner
A collaborative initiative with Yale University Press to distribute The Arts and the Creation of Mind, one aim of the text is "to dispel the idea that the arts are somehow intellectually undemanding, emotive rather than reflective operations done with the hand, unattached to the head." Eisner's straightforward, accessible language takes the reader into chapters such as: What the Arts Teach and How It Shows; Describing Learning in the Visual Arts; The Educational Uses of Assessment and Evaluation in the Arts; What Education Can Learn From the Arts; Agenda for Research in Arts Education, and more.
Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for developing complex and subtle aspects of the mind. Eisner describes how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. These forms of thinking are more helpful in dealing with the ambiguities and uncertainties of daily life than are the formally structured curricula that are employed today in schools.
288 pgs. Hardbound {2002} ISBN 0-300-09523-6
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No. 272 | Art and Cognition
Arthur Efland
In this in-depth text, the preeminent art education
scholar Arthur Efland not only sheds light on the problems
inhibiting art education, but also demonstrates how
art contributes to the overall development of the mind.
Delineating how the development of artistic interests
and ability is an important aspect of cognition and
learning, he shows how art helps individuals construct
cultural meaning, a crucial component of social communication—a
foundation for lifelong learning that includes the arts.
In Art and Cognition, Arthur Efland: explains
the cognitive nature of learning in the visual arts—debunking
the persistent perception of the arts as emotive only;
looks at recent understandings of the mind and intelligence
to determine how they bear on questions of the intellectual
status of the arts; explains how a cognitively oriented
conception of teaching will change the ways that the
arts are taught; discusses the ways in which new developments
in cognitive science can be applied to art education;
describes how the arts can be used to develop cognitive
ability in children; identifies implications for art
curricula, teaching practices, and the reform of general
education. Topics: The Uneasy Connection Between Art
& Psychology • Artistic Development in Cognitive
Developmental Theories • The Cognitive Revolution
& Conceptions of Learning • Cognitive Flexibility
Theory & Learning in the Arts • Obstacles to
Art Learning & Their Assessment • Imagination
in Cognition • A Cognitive Argument for the Arts
216 pgs. {2002} ISBN 0-8077-4218-X
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No. 268 | Student Art Exhibitions: New Ideas
and Approaches
Bill Zuk and Robert Dalton, Editors
The display of student art is much more than pictures
on a wall and an eye pleasing arrangement; this is a
text that conveys a great deal about the ideas and accomplishments
of both teachers and students. New thinking on goals
and methods of student art exhibitions allows us to
more thoughtfully construct that text and invites educators
to share 'best practices.' Student Art Exhibitions:
New Ideas and Approaches includes sections on:
cultural and historical perspectives; students as curators;
planning and presenting an exhibition; pedagogical exhibitions
and advocacy; and new venues on the web.
88 pgs. {2001} ISBN 1-890160-18-0
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No. 218 | New Technologies and Art Education: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice
Diane Gregory, Editor
This new anthology explores an overview of how technologies are used in the classroom; innovative uses of the new technologies such as Hypermedia, Internet and the Worldwide Web, distance learning and instructional video; an examination of staff development, teacher preparation, and instructional uses; the use of interactive technologies with aesthetics, criticism and art history; cautions and appropriate uses of technology in the classroom.
189 pgs. {1997} ISBN 0-937652-74-1
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No. 207 | Educationally Interpretive Exhibition: Rethinking the Display of Student Art
Kelly Bass, Teresa Cotner, Elliot Eisner, Tom Yacoe and Lee Hanson
Rethinking the Display of Student Art focuses
upon an educational model, rather than on a gallery
model. The interpretive exhibition of student artwork
is intended to help people understand the relationships
between thinking and the creation of visual art. The
28 full-color images throughout the booklet illustrate
how the exhibition was arranged and constructed; the
final section of 47 "General and Theoretical Quotes"
is especially helpful for literature pertaining to cognitive
and artistic development. It makes a useful contribution
to arts education, advocacy, and educational reform
i.e., state standards, frameworks, and assessment.
20 pgs. {1997} ISBN 0-937652-99-7
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No. 253 | Aesthetics for Young People
Ronald Moore, Editor
This book is loaded with "user-friendly aesthetics."
It contains explicit instructional strategies and learning
outcomes with numerous illustrations of classroom techniques.
Extraordinarily wide in scope, it deals with educational
issues for all levels—pre-school through high school.
This book deliberately sets out to debunk the idea that
aesthetics is too hard for kids, or too esoteric to
fit into the K-12 curriculum; it shows how aesthetics
can be approachable, interesting, and worthwhile for
all children. First of its kind, Aesthetics for Young
People is the only collection of detailed essays by
aesthetics experts in philosophy, art education, and
museology for the education profession. A unique textbook
for teacher preparation programs and key resource for
any staff development program.
127 pgs. {1995} ISBN 0-937652-73-3
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$18.00
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No. 255 | Excellence II: The Continuing Quest in Art Education
Ralph Smith
This publication broadens the search for excellence,
bringing into focus developments that have challenged
art educators. Modernism and Postmodernism, Multiculturalism,
and Cultural Particularism are among the chapters of
the volume. The book addresses specific classroom needs
and questions, this time with applications for the K-12
curriculum in contrast to the emphasis on secondary
grades in the original version. Contains a prototype
excellence curriculum for art education—essential
for staff and curriculum development. Available as text
for teacher preparation programs.
228 pgs. {1995} ISBN 0-937652-87-3
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