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Plazabilities For Art Education: Community As Participant, Collaborator & Curator, Kathleen Keys
Plazabilities For Art Education: Community As Participant, Collaborator & Curator, Kathleen Keys
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
In the following article, a plaza metaphor and theories of plazability are applied to the recent work of three "Other" art educators to acknowledge, examine and articulate a refreshed vision for an art education based in community pedagogy which expands possibilities, builds community, and uses art to work for social change. Examples suggesting such achievements in creating plazability include work from a community artist backed by a visionary community arts foundation, a progressive cultural museum director and staff, and a contemporary artist each actively engaging the community in diverse ways. The innovative and community grounded practice and philosophies of these …
International Perspectives On Social Justice In Mathematics Education, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa
International Perspectives On Social Justice In Mathematics Education, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa
Education Publications
International perspectives on social justice in mathematics education (henceforth the monograph) is edited by Brarath Sriraman and comprises 14 essays about critical mathematics education. The foreword is by Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, whose work on ethnomathematics in particular and on democratic and critical mathematics education in general has re-conceptualized the mathematics education field. D’Ambrosio observes that ‘‘social justice allows us not only to know what has been decided about ourselves and society (which is the objective of ‘‘re-productory’’ and imitative education), but calls us to participate in decisions about ourselves and society (which is the objective of creative critical education)’’ (Foreword). …