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Time: 6 hours Level: Introductory
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Introduction Resource
- What value does art have in the school curriculum? This unit, primarily aimed at colleagues teaching art in schools, explores the justification for including art in the school curriculum together with...
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1 Why Teach Art? Resource
- Acquisition of sight precedes language. In a tangible sense visual engagement with the world situates us and defines who we are.
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2 Does art have a value? Resource
- Art has been described as an open concept: a cumulative and developing category of objects and processes, which by its nature is not easily definable. Therefore it might be more relevant to consider how...
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| | 3 Responding to criticisms
3 Responding to criticisms Resource
- A government minister and a school governor made the following comments, respectively:
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4 Balloon debate Resource
- Another statement from a 14 year-old student:
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| | References and Acknowledgements
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