Art Education and the Aesthetics of Land Use in the Age of Ecology.

Garoian, Charles R.

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ERIC Number: EJ580596

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Publication Date: 1998

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Art Education and the Aesthetics of Land Use in the Age of Ecology.

Garoian, Charles R.

Studies in Art Education, v39 n3 p244-61 Spr 1998

Illustrates how historical art education metaphors objectify and stereotype the environment through landscape art. Proposes a new metaphor of art teaching, ecological pedagogy, as a means of critiquing stereotypes and of promoting compassionate and caring representations of the environment. Offers strategies for implementing an ecological art pedagogy. (DSK)

Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Curriculum Development, Ecology, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Epistemology, Metaphors, Painting (Visual Arts)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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