Art Education in a Postmodern World: Collected Essays

by Hardy, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781841501468
• ISBN10: 1841501468
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

This volume presents a series of papers concerned with the interrelations between the postmodern and the present state of art and design education. Spanning a range of thematic concerns, the book reflects upon existing practice and articulates revolutionary prospects potentially viable through a shift in educative thinking. Many of the essays pinpoint the stagnancy of teaching methods today and discuss the reductive parameters enforced by the current curriculum. The radical tone that echoes through the entire series of papers is unmistakable. Throughout the book, postmodern theory informs the polemical debate concerning new directions in educative practice. Contributors shed new light on a postmodern view of art in education with emphasis upon difference, plurality and independence of mind. Ultimately, the paper provides a detailed insight into the various concepts that shape and drive the contemporary art world and expands the debate regarding the impression of postmodern thinking in art education.

Author Biography

Tom Hardy has worked as an art teacher in secondary schools for 23 years and has led art departments in inner-city, mixed, single sex, and selective schools.  He is currently head of art and design at North London Collegiate School and sits on the council of the National Society for Education in Art and Design representing London and the home counties.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 5
Preface	p. 6
Introduction: Nailing Jelly: Art Education in a Postmodern World	p. 7
A Manifesto for Art in Schools	p. 17
Nick Stanley and Sarat Maharaj: A Discussion	p. 27
Censorship in Contemporary Art Education	p. 33
Post-it Culture: Postmodernism and Art and Design Education	p. 45
The Trouble with Postmodernism	p. 57
Postmodern Feminisms: Problematic Paradigms	p. 67
The Knowing Body: Art as an Integrative System of Knowledge	p. 77
Postmodernism and the Art Curriculum: A New Subjectivity	p. 91
Challenges to Art Education from Visual Culture Studies	p. 99
Who's Afraid of Signs and Significations? Defending Semiotics in the Secondary Art and Design Curriculum	p. 113
On Sampling the Pleasures of Visual Culture: Postmodernism and Art Education	p. 125
A Critical Reading of the National Curriculum for Art in the Light of Contemporary Theories of Subjectivity	p. 137
Assessment in Educational Practice: Forming Pedagogised Identities in the Art Curriculum	p. 147
Notes on contributors	p. 159
Index	p. 163
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