A Need to Return to Conscience and Consciousness in Art Education
Anyone involved in art education for the past 50 years can
document dramatic developments that have taken place in
thinking about the nature of art and the role of art education
in our schools. Indeed, we have witnessed a dramatic shift in
the perceptions of art education in relation to community
life. A major text for the field is John Dewey’s Art as Experience
(1934). He emphasized transactional and transformative
experiences in creating and responding to art.
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