Philosophy of Art Education

by Edmund Burke Feldman

The primary aim of the book is to raise the questions and issues which should be of importance to art teachers by relating the practices and concerns of art teaching to some of the main problems of philosophy. It integrates both subjects of art education and art teaching; presents many of the principle issues regarding art education that are of concern to art teachers; and provides future and current teachers of art with a means of reflecting on the reasons and goals for teaching art.

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1995

About the author

Edmund Burke Feldman is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of Art at the University of Georgia. He holds degrees from Syracus University, UCLA, and Columbia University and has taught at Carnegie-Mellon University, the State University of New York, Ohio State University, and the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Feldman is an Associate of the National Humanities Faculty and is past president of the National Art Education Association.

Reviews

[Tiffiny · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am a high school art teacher. I already know what it is like to build and re-build lessons. I know how hunger affects my students. I know that money is an issue. I know that there are many factors that go into running a classroom and how my students act. I know that I did not need to read a book that answers questions with questions and never really addresses a true philosophy. I guess that that is philosophy for you. There are some good points in this book, but I feel if you have already been teaching for a while, that many you have already come across in your practice.