Art Education: Growing Old or Coming of Age?.

Sidelnick, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ473704

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Publication Date: 1993

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Art Education: Growing Old or Coming of Age?

Sidelnick, Mark

Studies in Art Education, v34 n3 p141-48 Spr 1993

Asserts that traditional age-stage theory of visual art education is simplistic and misleading. Suggests that neoteny, the retention of juvenile-like traits in adults, may provide another means of linking human development to the visual arts. Concludes that the inherent neotenous aspects of art can make a contribution to successful aging. (CFR)

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Art Activities, Art Education, Creative Expression, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Geography, Individual Development, Outcomes of Education, Population Trends, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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