Studies in Philosophical Realism in Art, Design and Education

by Neil C.M. Brown

This book fills a gap in the literature of 21st century international visual arts education by providing a structured approach to understanding the benefits of Philosophical Realism in art education, an approach that has received little international attention until now. The framework as presented provides a powerful interface between research and practical reconceptualisations of critical issues and practice in the domains of art, design, and education that involve implications for curriculum in visual arts, teaching and learning, cognitive development, and creativity. The book extends understanding of Philosophical Realism in its practical application to teaching practice in visual arts in the way it relates to the fields of art, design, and education. Researchers, teacher educators and specialist art teachers are informed about how Philosophical Realism provides insights into art, design, and education. These insights vary from clearer knowledge about art to the examination of beliefs and assumptions about the art object. Readers learn how cognitive reflection, and social and practical reasoning in the classroom help cultivate students’ artistic performances, and understand how constraints function in students’ reasoning at different ages/stages of education.

316 pages, Hardcover

Published September 26, 2016

Reviews

[Ari Chand · Rating 5 out of 5]

This extensive and prolific overview and critical analysis of Art Education in Australia provides a unique and invaluable resource for Teachers, Researchers and students. It provides a rigorous contextualisation of the history, contemporary and possible future practices of teaching and learning in the visual arts. A must read for anyone interested in the visual arts and the proliferation of it within general society and the education system.