A Challenge for Art Education: Including Lesbians and Gays.Lampela, Laurel
Abstract: Maintains that teachers should acknowledge sexual orientation as an individual difference and address it in the classroom and the curriculum. Includes several examples of artists' sexuality being expressed through their work. Details four basic concepts important to this effort and includes several reference works on gay artists. (MJP)
Title: A Challenge for Art Education: Including Lesbians and Gays.
Author: Lampela, Laurel
Journal Citation: Studies in Art Education, v36 n4 p242-48 Sum 1995
Publication Year: 1995
Document Type: Position Paper (120); Journal Article (080)
Target Audience: Teachers and Practitioners
ERIC Identifier: EJ520817
Clearinghouse Identifier: SO527303
Available from: UMI
This document is NOT available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS).
Descriptors: * Art Education; Artists; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Curriculum; * High Risk Students; * Homosexuality; * Humanistic Education; Role Models; Secondary Education; Sex Discrimination; * Sexual Identity; Social Change; * Student Needs; Student Subcultures
Identifiers: Gays and Lesbians Alliance Against Defamation; Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays