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School Price: $52.95

Format:
Paperback
160 pp.
8" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780871925831

Publication date:
January 2001

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Art Education in Practice: Teaching Meaning in Art Making

Sydney R. Walker

Series : Resource Books

Built upon a constructivist philosophy of learning, this book explores ways of fostering inquiry and discovery in the studio classroom. The works of contemporary artists are used to help explain the role of big ideas and personal connections in artmaking.

Art Education in Practice Series

Readership : Professional Development

Introduction
1. Big Ideas and Artmaking
2. Personal Connections
3. Building a Knowledge Base for Artmaking
4. Problem Solving
5. Setting Boundaries
6. Designing Studio Instruction
7. Ways of Working: Artist>'s Practices

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Published by Davis Publications, the only publisher dedicated solely to visual art education in Grades K-12.

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Special Features

Examples of artists' practices in artmaking.
Tips on designing meaningful studio instruction.
Problem solving strategies.
Ideas about what it means to teach and to understand.
Questions and practical strategies on "unpacking" the artmaking process.