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Telling Pieces - Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes (Hardcover)
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Telling Pieces - Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes (Hardcover)
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Telling Pieces is an exploration of how pre-adolescent
middle-school children develop a knowledge and understanding of the
conventions of art (art as literacy) and how they use this
knowledge to create representations of their lives in a small
midwestern U.S. town. Beginning with an overview of social
semiotics and emergent literacy theorizing, the authors set the
stage for their study of sixth graders involved in art. A galleria
of children's artworks is presented, allowing readers/viewers to
consider these texts independent of the authors' interpretations of
them. Then, set against the galleria is the story of the community
and school contexts in which the artworks are produced--contexts in
which racism, homophobia, and the repression of creativity are
often the norm. The interpretation the authors bring to bear on the
artworks reveals stories that the artworks may or may not tell on
their own. But the tales of artistic literacy achievement are
counterbalanced by reflection about the content of the artworks
produced, because the artworks reveal the impossibility for
students to imagine beyond the situational bounds of racism,
homophobia, and religiosity. The authors conclude by raising
questions about the kinds of conditions that make literacy in art
possible. In doing so, they explore selected alternative models
and, in addition, ask readers to consider the implications of the
ideological issues underlying teaching children how to represent
their ideas. They also advocate for a participatory pedagogy of
possibility founded on ethical relational principles in the
creation and interpretation of visual text. Of particular interest
to school professionals, researchers, and graduate students in
literacy or art education, this pioneering book: brings together
the fields of art education and literacy education through its
focus on how middle school students come to work with and
understand the semiotic systems, introduces sociolin
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