Learning in and Through Art: A Guide to Discipline-Based Art Education

by Stephen Mark Dobbs

Book Overview

This Handbook provides a practical, straightforward guide to the theory and practice of discipline-based art education. This comprehensive approach to art education has transformed the way students create and understand art; it also offers opportunities for relating art to other subjects as well as to the personal interests and abilities of young learners. This completely revised edition explains how DBAE draws content from the disciplines of art-making,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892364947
• ISBN13: 9780892364947
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource for any teacher

Focuses on the layers of art education, from the actual art activity to the aesthetic qualities. Full of excellent examples that solidify concepts, making the transition to the classroom seamless.