Philosophical Questions in Art Education : Why the Arts Can and Should Be Taught in Schools.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barchana-Lorand, Dorit, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education.

Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book examines the rationale of incorporating the arts in the school curriculum from a philosophical, rather than pedagogical, perspective. Educational resources are frequently under scrutiny, and education policy makers wish to maximize the use of public funds and children's time at school, leaving the arts as a lower priority. To understand the logic behind this, Lorand revisits milestones in the history of the philosophy of art to address core questions in art education, namely, what are the challenges of teaching the arts? And why teach the arts at all? Lorand draws on the work of a broad range of philosophers including Dewey, Eisner, Greene, Hume, Plato, Kant, Langer, Read and Schiller. The book aims to show how attempts to justify art as a tool for societal and individual improvement fail in advocating art education. Ultimately she claims that the arts should be taught because children have the right to receive art education. That right stems from the unique nature of art.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Series Editor's Foreword

A Personal Foreword

Introduction

1 Curricular Exclusion of Art: Plato and Aristotle onthe Dangers of Art

2 Can Art History Be Taught? Plato and Hume on Objectivity and Subjectivity in Art Education

3 The Grand Promises of Art to Society: The Ethical Justification of Schillerand Read

4 Susanne Langer's Formalist Perspective on the Social Value of Art

5 The Cognitive Justification of Art Education: Elliot Eisner

6 The Alternative: Kant and Dewey on the Justification of Art Educationfrom an Aesthetic Viewpoint

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

ISBN:

1-350-46464-3

1-350-46463-5

OCLC:

1520506955