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Audience Discussion
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
Following the panel presentations, the audience offered comments, questioned emphases, and asked for clarity on issues related to the Feldman Method. Some of these concerns are related here. Feldman's responses are included.
The Feldman Method Of Art Criticism: Is It Adequate For The Socially Concerned Art Educator?, Tom Anderson
The Feldman Method Of Art Criticism: Is It Adequate For The Socially Concerned Art Educator?, Tom Anderson
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
The structure and inherent values of the Feldman (1981) method of art criticism are debated in some art education circles. On one hand it is argued that the Feldman method, because of its emphasis on formal analysis, lends itself more readily to analytical formalist criticism, and is thus not an adequate instrument for socially concerned art educators. The other side of the debate has it that the method is appropriate for socially contextual interpretation when applied by socially concerned art educators. My thesis is that Feldman's method is well suited for socially contextual criticism of aesthetic forms. I intend to …
Various Applications Of The Feldman Method, Jack Hobbs
Various Applications Of The Feldman Method, Jack Hobbs
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
The way I see the Feldman Method is as a teaching technique and not as a research tool. The reason I even mention this is that apparently others use it as a research tool. I suppose it could be used that way, but I don't see it that way. I certainly agree, however, that art educators need to do a great deal of homework concerning society, sociology, and art history, especially those art educators who subscribe to the viewpoints of the Caucus - -I imagine many of you in here are sympathetic to the Caucus . We're certainly obligated to …
The Feldman Approach: A Catalyst For Examining Issues In Art Criticism Instruction, Karen A. Hamblen
The Feldman Approach: A Catalyst For Examining Issues In Art Criticism Instruction, Karen A. Hamblen
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
In this discussion, I would like to address four issues in relationship to the Feldman (1981) method as well as to the larger concerns of art criticism implementation. I assume that a goal we have in common is to have art criticism be part of the curriculum. The problem needs to be looked at not just in terms of the Feldman method, although that can serve as a framework, but to the larger issues of art criticism instruction per se. There needs to be an assessment of what may be present or missing in literature on art criticism. The issues …