Art in Education Identity and Practice

MEMORY SEED My introduction to teaching art began in September 1971 when I took up a post as art teacher in a secondary school in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Apart from my desire to survive and establish myself amongst students and staff I remember hold

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Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics, and Education VOLUME 1

SERIES EDITOR Liora Bresler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

EDITORIAL BOARD Magne Espeland, Stord University, Norway Minette Mans, University of Namibia Bo Wah Leung, The Hong Kong Institute of Education Gary McPherson, University of New South Wales, Australia Janice Ross, Stanford University, U.S.A. Christine Thompson, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. Francois Tochon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.

SCOPE This series aims to provide conceptual and empirical research in arts education, (including music, visual arts, drama, dance, media, and poetry), in a variety of areas related to the post-modern paradigm shift. The changing cultural, historical, and political contexts of arts education are recognized to be central to learning, experience, and knowledge. The books in this series present theories and methodological approaches used in arts education research as well as related disciplines - including philosophy, sociology, anthropology and psychology of arts education.

ART IN EDUCATION Identity and Practice by

Dennis Atkinson Department of Educational Studies, Goldmiths University of London, U.K.

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW

eBook ISBN: Print ISBN:

0-306-47957-5 1-4020-1084-2

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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INTRODUCTION

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MEMORY SEED THEORIES OF LEARNING LEARNING THEORY IN ART EDUCATION REPRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICATION IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE THE IDEA OF EXPERIENCE OUTLINE OF THE BOOK

PART ONE: INTERPRETATION AND PRACTICE

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CHAPTER 1. SEMIOTICS AND HERMENEUTICS

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INTRODUCTION SEMIOTICS

The Saussurian legacy The Peircian legacy Metonymy and metaphor in drawing practices HERMENEUTICS AND THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION

Phenomenology and hermeneutics Hermeneutic circle HERMENEUTIC STRATEGIES

Hermeneutics of reproduction Hermeneutics of dialogue and tradition Phenomenological hermeneutics: narrative and textuality Hermeneutics of emancipation Gadamer, Habermas and Ricoeur: a summary of implications for art in Education POST-STRUCTURAL HERMENEUTICS

Surveillance, regulation and power Dissemination, deconstruction and differance Summary

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 2. SEMIOTICS, HERMENEUTICS AND OBSERVATIONAL DRAWINGS CHAPTER 3. THE SEMIOTICS OF CHILDREN’S DRAWING PRACTICES LANGUAGE GAMES, DRAWING GAMES DRAWINGS FROM AUSTRALIA CHILDREN DRAWING OBJECTS MYSTERY SUMMARY

CHAPTER 4. EXPERIENCE AND THE HERMENEUTICS AND S