The Value of Drawing Instruction in the Visual Arts and Across Curricula (Routledge Research in Arts Education)

By applying philosophical perspectives to drawing instruction, this volume demonstrates how diverse teaching methods contribute to cognitive and holistic development applicable within and beyond the visual arts. This book offers a new perspective on the art of drawing to reveal its often-unrecognized impact on the human mind. Focusing on this emphasis, the book argues for the importance of the skill of drawing despite our contemporary age of digitalization. The book counters recent declines in drawing instruction to propose five Paradigms for teaching drawing - as design, as seeing, as experience and experiment, as expression, and as a visual language - with exemplary curricula for pre-K12 art and general education, pre-professional programs across the visual arts, and continuing education over the life-span. With the aid of instructional examples, this volume dispels the misconception of drawing as a talent reserved for the artistically gifted and posits it as a teachable skill that can be learned by all. Aligning with contemporary trends like Design Thinking, STEAM, and Graphicacy, this text will primarily be of interest to doctoral students, researchers, and scholars with an interest in drawing education, cognition, and research into visual arts education more broadly. Those interested in positive psychology and drawing theory, as well as creativity theory, will also benefit from the volume. Seymour Simmons is a Professor of Fine Arts at Winthrop University, USA--

• | Author: Seymour Simmons
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 30, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 372 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138479977
• | ISBN-13: 9781138479975