Social Reconstructionism in Art Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639051926)

Social reconstructionist art education strives to empower human agency to understand and transform unjust social relationships through aesthetic experience. Scholarly work in art education conduc-ted with respect to social reconstructionism has been largely theore-tical. This study thus investigated the manner in which junior high students understand, interpret, and act upon a social reconstructionist art curriculum. Specific research questions included: 1) what kinds of artistic and verbal expression were generated by students as they engaged in social issues-based art inquiry? 2) to what extent are their visual and verbal artifacts reflective of social reconstructionist posi-tions? Social reconstructionist art education has significant potential for empowering students to examine contemporary issues and be-come informed citizens capable of confronting unjust social relation-ships. However, to promote art education for social betterment, art educators must reconceptualize the field of art education and move beyond appreciating art as a form of aesthetic construct. Several re-commendations concerning future implementation of social recon-structionist art education are drawn.

Author: Sheng Kuan Chung
ISBN-10: 3639051920
ISBN-13: 9783639051926
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2008
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d