What is it about?
The chapter discusses current paradigms in visual art education in light of the results of an international survey conducted in 2013 with members of The International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) and readings of official documents from OECD and UNESCO,
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Why is it important?
Some results of the survey are described and interpreted according to different survey participants’ narratives about the value of visual arts education in the schools. The concept of skills for the new millennium is analyzed in relation to past and present rationales of arts education. Standards in Visual Arts education are revisited in light of the InSEA survey findings and the educational skills defined by UNESCO (UNESCO, Education strategy, 2014–2021, 2014).
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The chapter concludes with a discussion about the need to understand the role of arts in education and education through the arts in general to prepare students with knowledge about art and the world they live by thinking critically, using problem-solving skills and developing skills for living together in harmony.
Teresa Torres Pereira de Eça
Research Group in Arts, Community and Education, APECV, Portugal
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This page is a summary of: Visual Arts Education and the Challenges of the Millennium Goals, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-55585-4_6.
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