Canada's Drawing Book Scandal: A Storm in a Victorian Teacup.

Chalmers, Graeme

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ERIC Number: EJ679267

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Publication Date: 2001

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Canada's Drawing Book Scandal: A Storm in a Victorian Teacup.

Chalmers, Graeme

Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, v28 n1 p41 59 2001

Presents an example of art education as a means of social control. Examines a 1905 incident wherein children at South Park School in Victoria (British Columbia) were found to have ruled lines in their freehand drawing books. The school principal, Agnes Deans Cameron, was dismissed. (PAL)

Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Social Control, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Dismissal

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Victoria)

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