An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future

An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future - Hardcover

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An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future
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An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future - Hardcover

An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future - Hardcover

by Ellen Winner
$73.51
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Book Overview

An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse recounts how art education has been conceptualized, taught, and advocated for in the United States in the face of its persistent marginalization in the education system. Tracing various rationales offered from the 19th century onward, Winner argues that art education has failed to be justified as a good in and of itself--and this failure has affected both the status of visual art education in our schools and the quality of its teaching.

Winner's comprehensive book maps recurrent pendulum swings between "traditional" and "progressive" approaches to art education in the United States, supplemented by her firsthand experiences observing art teaching in schools in China and Italy. Despite this problematic and uncertain past, 21st century art education in the United States and abroad has exploded with a wealth of new ideas aligned with the progressivism of the early 20th century and informed by the practices of contemporary art. As Winner details, an understanding of the history of art education, along with a focus on current challenges and opportunities, is essential for arts researchers, educators, and advocates, as well as anyone in the general public who cares about quality education in the 21st century.
ISBN9780190061289
Author Ellen Winner
PublisherOxford University Press
GenreEducation, Arts, and Self-help & personal development
FormatHardcover
PublishedJanuary 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages216
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future

An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future - Hardcover

An Uneasy Guest in the Schoolhouse: Art Education from Colonial Times to a Promising Future - Hardcover

By Ellen Winner

About Ellen Winner

Ellen Winner is Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education. She directs the Arts and Mind Lab, which focuses on cognition in the arts in typical and gifted children as well as adults. She received the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Research by a Senior Scholar in Psychology and the Arts from Division 10 in 2000.

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