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Teaching visual culture : curriculum, aesthetics, and the social life of art

Kerry J. Freedman (Author)
"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
Print Book, English, 2003
Teachers College Press ; National Art Education Association, New York, London, 2003