In this article, the author examines how art educators can create narrators of art history rather than those who ascribe truth to the opinion of a few. She presents a series of tangible classroom activities that will potentially help art history become meaningful to students' lives. The author states that students have a right to access art…

Two mural projects in Brunei offer insight into the specific and universal aspects of public art education and community art making. This article describes how the author used his initiative and experience as a muralist to plan and implement two community art research projects in Bandar Seri Begwan, the capital of Brunei Darussalam. A premise of…

This chapter explores how working with the genre of fashion shows and using fabric are two important additions to the various genres employed in visual arts-based practice. These genres are particularly attuned to feminist approaches to popular education, research, and teaching, enabling embodied knowing and the expression of imagination and…

A key aim of this article is to present a discursus on learning and teaching in the context of art education that softens transcendent historical and ideological framings of art education and its purpose. In contrast it places emphasis upon the immanence and necessary transcendence of local events of learning that occur in whatever framing and…

This article proposes a new conceptual approach to disability and performance through a contribution that comes entirely from outside the disciplines; a re-theorisation of Gibson's [1979. "The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception". Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates] theory of affordances. Drawing on three visual ethnographies…

Teaching is often referred to as an artistic practice that relies on modes of thinking and feeling. Effective teaching requires experience, experimentation, and intuition to make decisions that are right for each unique classroom situation. This article describes a multisite case study that examines how three fifth-year art teachers were mentored…

In this article Lucy Bartholomee describes the many significant benefits that field trips and foreign travel can bring to both students and educators. She strives to build confident, compassionate global citizens who are able to build relationships with people unlike themselves in age, culture, race, gender, or privilege. She aspires toward a…

Throughout the 56-year history of "Studies in Art Education", scholars have repeatedly articulated concern that research within the field is disconnected. Most recently this problem has been categorized as scholarly oblivion. Through the lens of network theory and data visualization techniques, the present research clarifies structural…

Beyond the well-recognized theme "Big Brother" or "Big Brother is Watching You" rests another very important yet frequently overlooked subject of George Orwell's novel "1984". This less acknowledged cornerstone notion of the book centers on the triad of history, historical memory, and the historian. To investigate…

The main aim of the paper is to analyze and disclose the methods for teaching drawing of the human head in foreign schools at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries for further application in modern Russian methodology of art education. The relevance of the problem under investigation is due to the structuring and disclosure of…

Students need lifelong skills to build their problem-solving capabilities for better understanding of the world and themselves. Working through design lessons allows them to directly apply thinking strategies and learning about facts, figures, and concepts while they are crafting meaningful ideas about the influence and social implications of…

Purpose: The authors of this paper are both white English education scholars with antiracist agendas. This conceptual manuscript aims -- in part -- to better understand the backlash both of them have faced in trying to contribute to antiracist teaching and research in English education. Design/methodology/approach: This manuscript uses practices…

Coaching method is used in sports, business, psychology, and economics as a method to increase performance. The great potential of coaching also expands its application in education, namely in teaching History of Visual Arts. The author identifies the basic stages of coaching: goal setting; reality check; courses of action and will to act. The…

The aim of this study is to find out whether there is any significant difference in enhancing students' descriptive writing skills between students who acquires Presentation, Practice, Production (PPP) and students who acquires Artworks Technique. This is a quantitative study, utilizing comparative design in order to compare different treatments…

This article is a discussion about music education for preservice generalist teachers. Three central themes are explored with a focus on music; arts education as praxis, creative process engagement, and teaching and learning in the performing arts. In writing about these themes, questions arose about the essence of learning in the arts. The…