Art education beyond the classroom [electronic resource] : pondering the outsider and other sites of learning / edited by Alice Wexler.
Contributor(s): Wexler, Alice [editor of compilation.].
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Edition: First edition.Description: xx, 194 pages.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137072382 (e-book).Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Education | Art -- Study and teaching | Educational sociology | EDUCATION / Experimental Methods | EDUCATION / Special Education / General | SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling | PERFORMING ARTS / General | Society | Sociology | Teaching of a specific subject | Social & ethical issues | Education | Teacher training | Clinical psychology | The arts: general issues | Philosophy & theory of educationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230114302Summary: By focusing on children and adults with disabilities, each contributor to this book offers critical research which challenges the non-transferable divide between us and them, encouraging art teachers, therapists, critics, and general readers alike to uncover their biases regarding the nature of art and education. "The subjects of this book belong to a population that is marginalized and isolated. They are children and adults with disabilities--artists who make art in special classrooms, prisons, rural back roads, backwaters, and institutions. By focusing on this population, editor and key author Alice Wexler provides a common thread that unites traditionally separate fields of art criticism, art education, and art therapy. With firsthand experience in the field, each contributor to this volume offers critical researItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
By focusing on children and adults with disabilities, each contributor to this book offers critical research which challenges the non-transferable divide between us and them, encouraging art teachers, therapists, critics, and general readers alike to uncover their biases regarding the nature of art and education. "The subjects of this book belong to a population that is marginalized and isolated. They are children and adults with disabilities--artists who make art in special classrooms, prisons, rural back roads, backwaters, and institutions. By focusing on this population, editor and key author Alice Wexler provides a common thread that unites traditionally separate fields of art criticism, art education, and art therapy. With firsthand experience in the field, each contributor to this volume offers critical resear
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230114302
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.