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Art Education and Contemporary Culture
Irish Experiences, International Perspectives
Using Ireland as a model, Art Education and Contemporary Culture offers a comprehensive treatment of art education in primary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, cultural institutions, and the diverse communities they serve. Gary Granville has brought together a diverse group of eminent art educators who, together, lay out the opportunities and challenges of art practice while paying close attention to relevant national policy. Rounding out the discussion are essays that locate the challenges and innovations of art education from in international perspective.
287 pages | 12 halftones | 7 x 9 | © 2012
Art: Art--General Studies
Education: Education--General Studies
Table of Contents
Introduction: Art and Design—Shifting the Paradigm of Education Reform?
Gary Granville
1. From Disegno to ’Epistemic Action’: Drawings as Knowledge Generation
Tom McGuirk
2. Trajectory, Torque and Turn: Art and Design Education in Irish Post-Primary Schools
Gary Granville
3. The Irish Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum—Emerging Issues
Máire Ní Bhroin
4. Defining, Redefining and De-Defining Art: Teachers Engaging with the Work of Artists in Irish Primary Schools
Michael Flannery
5. ’It’s Easy to See which Side You Are On’: Northern and Southern Irish Student Teachers’ Reflections on Art and Identity
Dervil Jordan and Jackie Lambe
6. Examining Visual Art in a High-Stakes Examination—Dilemmas and Possibilities
Hazel Stapelton
7. Questions That Never Get Asked About Irish Art Education Curriculum Theory and Practice
Donal O’Donoghue
8. Artistic Formation for Collaborative Art Practice
Ailbhe Murphy
9. Eventual Education: The hedgeschoolproject
Glenn Loughran
10. Making a Show of Ourselves: Art, Community and the Pedagogics of Identity
John Mulloy
11. Art, Artists and the Public: Pedagogical Models for Public Engagement with Art and Artists in a Museum Context
Helen O’Donoghue
12. Holistic Art Education: Can the Learning Be the Learner?
Alastair Herron
13. Mainstream and Margins in Art and Design Education: Adult Learners and Part-Time Provision in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Nuala Hunt
14. Emergent Outcomes: Inquiry, Qualitative Reasoning and the Aesthetics of Care
Richard Siegesmund
Notes on Contributors
Gary Granville
1. From Disegno to ’Epistemic Action’: Drawings as Knowledge Generation
Tom McGuirk
2. Trajectory, Torque and Turn: Art and Design Education in Irish Post-Primary Schools
Gary Granville
3. The Irish Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum—Emerging Issues
Máire Ní Bhroin
4. Defining, Redefining and De-Defining Art: Teachers Engaging with the Work of Artists in Irish Primary Schools
Michael Flannery
5. ’It’s Easy to See which Side You Are On’: Northern and Southern Irish Student Teachers’ Reflections on Art and Identity
Dervil Jordan and Jackie Lambe
6. Examining Visual Art in a High-Stakes Examination—Dilemmas and Possibilities
Hazel Stapelton
7. Questions That Never Get Asked About Irish Art Education Curriculum Theory and Practice
Donal O’Donoghue
8. Artistic Formation for Collaborative Art Practice
Ailbhe Murphy
9. Eventual Education: The hedgeschoolproject
Glenn Loughran
10. Making a Show of Ourselves: Art, Community and the Pedagogics of Identity
John Mulloy
11. Art, Artists and the Public: Pedagogical Models for Public Engagement with Art and Artists in a Museum Context
Helen O’Donoghue
12. Holistic Art Education: Can the Learning Be the Learner?
Alastair Herron
13. Mainstream and Margins in Art and Design Education: Adult Learners and Part-Time Provision in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Nuala Hunt
14. Emergent Outcomes: Inquiry, Qualitative Reasoning and the Aesthetics of Care
Richard Siegesmund
Notes on Contributors