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Article: Teaching Visual Culture: Curriculum, Aesthetics and the Social Life of Art.
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- September 1, 2004
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TEACHING VISUAL CULTURE: Curriculum, Aesthetics and the Social Life of Art (2003; $22), by Kerry Freedman. Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Ave., New York City, NY 10027, and the National Art Education Association, 1916 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191.
The field of art education is undergoing rapid and dramatic change. One need only look to the works of contemporary artists to see the changing forms of art brought about by new technologies and, more importantly, new conceptions about the nature of art. If art education is to be responsive to ideas and events surrounding us, then it is important that we rethink the very foundations of our teaching. Some ...