Understanding Art Education: Engaging Reflexively with Practice

What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools?

What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum?

How can art and design develop the agency of young people?

Understanding Art Education examines the theory and practice of helping young people learn in and beyond the secondary classroom. It provides guidance and stimulation for ways of thinking about art and design when preparing to teach and provides a framework within which teachers can locate their own experi...