Description
Book SynopsisMany of the essays pinpoint the stagnancy of teaching methods today and discuss the reductive parameters enforced by the current curriculum. The radical tone that echoes through the entire series of papers is unmistakable. Throughout the book, postmodern theory informs the polemical debate concerning new directions in educative practice. Contributors shed new light on a postmodern view of art in education with emphasis upon difference, plurality and independence of mind. Ultimately, the paper provides a detailed insight into the various concepts that shape and drive the contemporary art world and expands the debate regarding the impression of postmodern thinking in art education.
Trade ReviewHardy's book of essays is useful in that it helps the reader contextualize movements like visual culture as an initiative that has its roots in the postmodern cultural situation.'
-- Arthur Efland * International Journal of Education through Art *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: 'A Manifesto for Art in Schools' - Page 17 - Tom Hardy Chapter 2: 'Nick Stanley and Sarat Maharaj: A Discussion' - Page 27 - Sarat Maharaj Chapter 3: 'Censorship in Contemporary Art Education' - Page 33 - Lee Emery Chapter 4: 'Post-it Culture: Postmodernism and Art and Design Education' - Page 45 - Stuart W. MacDonald Chapter 5: 'The Trouble with Postmodernism' - Page 57 - Stuart W. MacDonald Chapter 6: 'Postmodern Feminisms: Problematic Paradigms'- Page 67 - Lesley Burgess Chapter 7: 'The Knowing Body: Art as an Integrative System of Knowledge' - Page 77 - John Danvers Chapter 8: 'Postmodernism and the Art Curriculum: A New Subjectivity' - Page 91 - Malcolm Miles Chapter 9: 'Challenges to Art Education from Visual Culture Studies' - Page 99 - Paul Duncum Chapter 10: 'Who's Afraid of Signs and Significations? Defending Semiotics in the Secondary Art and Design Curriculum' - Page 113 - Nicolas Addison Chapter 11: 'On Sampling the Pleasures of Visual Culture: Postmodernism and Art Education' - Page 125 - Robin Marriner Chapter 12: 'A Critical Reading of the National Curriculum for Art in the Light of Contemporary Theories of Subjectivity' - Page 137 - Dennis Atkinson Chapter 13: 'Assessment in Educational Practice: Forming Pedagogised Identities in the Art Curriculum' - Page 147 - Dennis Atkinson
