1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453597303321

Autore

Coutts Glen

Titolo

Art, Community and Environment [[electronic resource] ] : Educational Perspectives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78606-3

9786611786069

1-84150-258-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Readings in Art and Design Education

Altri autori (Persone)

JokelaTimo

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Arts

Community arts projects

Environment (Art)

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Fine Arts - General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Environments; Chapter 1: A Wanderer in the Landscape: Reflections on the Relationship between Art and the Northern Environment; Chapter 2: Developing an Environmental Aesthetic: Aesthetics and the Outdoor Experience; Chapter 3: Strategies for the Convivial City: A New Agenda for Education for the Built Environment; Part Two: Communities; Chapter 4: Beyond Process: Art, Empowerment and Sustainability; Chapter 5: Community Art Projects and Virtual Learning Environments

Chapter 6: Community-Based Art Education in the North: A Space for Agency?Chapter 7: Crossing the Line; Part Three: Education; Chapter 8: Art and Design Education and the Built Environment; Chapter 9: Connections between Public Art and Art and Design Education in Schools; Chapter 10: Art, Design and Environment: A Programme for Teacher Education; Chapter 11: Training Community Artists in Scotland; Chapter 12: Community Art: What's the Use?; Chapter 13:



Collaborative Project-Based Studies in Art Teacher Education: An Environmental Perspective

Chapter 14: Hard Lessons: Public Sculpture and the Education System in Nineteenth-Century GlasgowChapter 15: Living City: An Experiment in Urban Design Education; Chapter 16: Using Multimedia to Teach Young People about Public Art in Glasgow; Notes on Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Art, Community and Environment investigates wide-ranging issues raised by the interaction between art practice, community participation, and the environment, both natural and urban. This volume brings together a distinguished group of contributors from the United Kingdom, Australia, and Finland to examine topics such as urban art, community participation, local empowerment and the problems of ownership. Featuring rich illustrations and informative case studies from around the world, Art, Community and Environment addresses the growing interest in this fascinating dimension of art and education

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820429503321

Autore

Brannen Julia

Titolo

Connecting children : care and family life in later childhood / / Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall and Kalwant Bhopal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge/Falmer, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-58012-6

9786610111855

1-280-11185-2

1-134-58013-4

0-203-99635-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BhopalKalwant

HeptinstallEllen

Disciplina

305.23

306.85

Soggetti

Children - Family relationships

Families

Parent and child

Grandparent and child

Siblings

Child & Youth Development

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Themes and concepts; 2 Children's beliefs about care; 3 Children's families and social ties; 4 Children's accounts of family change; 5 The importance of mothers and fathers; 6 The importance of siblings; 7 The importance of grandparents, relatives, friends and others; 8 Children's contribution to family life; 9 Children and mothers' regulation regulation; 10 Conclusions; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Connecting Children focuses on children's understandings of care and their views of different family lives. It portrays the lives of children aged 11-12 and shows how families connect children in different ways both in the household but also in their wider kinship networks. The children studied reflect upon family life and especially upon situations where their own family lives change dramatically, such as when parents divorce or are unable to care for them.  This book will be of interest to those working in education, social work, child care, counselling, social policy and childh