Debates in Art and Design Education
encourages student and practising teachers to engage
with contemporary issues and developments in learning
and teaching. It introduces key issues, concepts and
tensions in order to help art educators develop a
critical approach to their practice in response to the
changing fields of education and visual culture.
Accessible, comprehensive chapters are designed to
stimulate thinking and understanding in relation to
theory and practice, and help art educators to make
informed judgements by arguing from a position based on
theoretical knowledge and understanding. Contributing
artists, lecturers and teachers debate a wide range of
issues including:
- the latest policy and initiatives in secondary art
education
- the concepts, skills and dispositions that can be
developed through art education
- tensions inherent in developing the inclusive Art
and Design classroom
- partnerships across the visual arts sector
- creativity in the Art and Design curriculum
- visual art and globalisation
- establishing the significance of ‘Design’
- art practice as educational research.
Debates in Art and Design
Education is for all student and practising
teachers interested in furthering their understanding of
an exciting, ever-changing field, and supports art
educators in articulating how the subject is a vital,
engaging and necessary part of the twenty-first
century curriculum. Each chapter points to further
reading and each section suggests reflective questions
to help shape art educators’ teaching. In particular,
Debates in Art and Design Education encourages
art educators to engage in research by providing an
essential introduction to critical thinking around
contemporary debates.