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ERIC Number: EJ417369
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-3541
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Clearing the Decks for Dominant Culture: Some First Principles for a Contemporary Art Education.
Duncum, Paul
Studies in Art Education, v31 n4 p207-15 Sum 1990
Asserts that art education promotes high culture and ignores popular culture and is thereby precluded from making a positive contribution to students' lives. Outlines the principles for a socially relevant art education. Maintains that such an art education would contribute critically to the meanings, values, and beliefs students form with dominant culture. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Critical Theory, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Middle Class Culture, Popular Culture, Student Motivation, Visual Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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