Artist-Teacher Practice and the Expectation of an Aesthetic Life
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- ISBN 9781032259413
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jan 2024
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores why and how the personal creative practice of arts teachers in school matters. It responds to ethnographic research that considers specific works-of-art created by teachers within the context of their classrooms.
Through a classroom-based ethnographic investigation, the book proposes that the potential impact of artist-teacher practice in the classroom can only be understood in relation to the flows of power and policy that concurrently shape the classroom. It shows how artist-teacher practice functions as a creative practice of freedom tending to the present and future aesthetic life of the classroom, countering the effects of neoliberal schooling and austerity politics. The book questions what the artist-teacher can produce within that context.
Through the unique focus on artist-teacher practice, the book explores the changing nature of the classroom and the social and political dimensions of the school. It will be key reading for researchers and postgraduate students of arts education, critical pedagogy, teacher identity and aesthetics. It will also be of interest to art and design educators.
Carol Wild is Senior Lecturer in Art and Design Education and Subject Leader for the PGCE Art and Design at the Institute of Education, University College London. She was previously Programme Leader for the Artist Teacher Scheme and MA Arts and Education Practices at Birmingham City University.
