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ERIC Number: EJ475024
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0004-3125
Dumbing down Art in America.
Swanger, David
Art Education, v46 n3 p52-55 May 1993
Argues that art education does not meet its objective of creativity and instead is replicative rather than original. Contends educational journals such as "Instructor" and "Good Apple" reduce fine art to its antithesis, popular art. Concludes that art educators must work diligently to protect fine art from becoming "dumb down" art in schools. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Handicrafts, Popular Culture, Role of Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Good Apple (Journal); Instructor (Journal)