Challenging Notions of Curriculum Development: Questions of Multicultural Context and Content in How We Encourage Students to Learn.

Dambekalns, Lydia

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ERIC Number: EJ512735

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Publication Date: 1994

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Challenging Notions of Curriculum Development: Questions of Multicultural Context and Content in How We Encourage Students to Learn.

Dambekalns, Lydia

Visual Arts Research, v20 n1 p84-90 Spr 1994

Maintains that two goals in multicultural art education are developing students' sensitivity to the techniques and inspiration of artists and utilizing that understanding to discover more about their own beliefs and values as translated through an art object. Describes a case-study lesson based on this approach. (CFR)

Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Art Products, Art Teachers, Course Descriptions, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Methods Courses, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Values, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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