Questioning the Curriculum: Arts, Education and Ideology.

Wolff, Janet

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Publication Date: 1990

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Questioning the Curriculum: Arts, Education and Ideology.

Wolff, Janet

Studies in Art Education, v31 n4 p198-206 Sum 1990

Argues for a critical study of the arts to promote historical and sociological understanding. Reviews recent work in the sociology of education and culture, exposing the ideological nature and function of art and education in relation to the inequalities of class, gender, race, and ethnicity in society. (KM)

Descriptors: Art Education, Critical Theory, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Photographs, Racial Bias, Sex Bias, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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