Letting art teach /

"In this book, Gert Biesta presents a new approach to contemporary art education by showing the unique possibilities the arts offer to establish a dialogue with the world around us. This approach to art education is based on teaching as a process of showing, where the teacher shows the student...

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Main Author: Biesta, Gert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Arnhem, Netherlands : ArtEZ Press, [2017]
Series:ArtEZ Academia ; volume 15
Teaching objects ; volume 2
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Summary:"In this book, Gert Biesta presents a new approach to contemporary art education by showing the unique possibilities the arts offer to establish a dialogue with the world around us. This approach to art education is based on teaching as a process of showing, where the teacher shows the student what could be good, important or meaningful to master in the world. As a starting point for illustrating this method, the book proposes 'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' (1965) by Joseph Beuys, which Biesta uses in order to draw out a number of important lessons about teaching"--Publisher's website.
Physical Description:125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122).
ISBN:9491444379
9789491444371