This paper offers a critical analysis of instrumentalist views of art in education, and considers how these views may serve to undermine art learning experiences. It provides an overview of research by contemporary theorists such as Elliot Eisner, who suggests that instrumentalist views of art are unsupported and often misinterpreted. This thesis explores an alternative view of art, grounded in contemporary aesthetic theory by selected leading theorists such as Maxine Greene, John Dewey, Monroe Beardsley and others. The work of contemporary abstract painter Mark Rothko offers a way of contextualizing these theories. Finally, this paper provides a presentation of the author‟s artwork within a self-cultural analysis framework. This contemporary approach to auto-ethnographical inquiry aims to provide an in-depth view of what art can do, with the goal of providing the impetus to contributing to an evolving dialogue on the function of art within the academic apparatus. / Cet article propose une analyse critique des points de vue instrumentaliste de l'art dans l'éducation, et examine comment ces points de vue peuvent servir à nuire aux expériences d'apprentissage de l'art. Il donne un aperçu de la recherche contemporaine des théoriciens, dont Elliot Eisner, qui suggère qu la vision instrumentaliste de l‟art est souvent mal interprétée et mal supportée. Cette thèse explore un autre point de vue de l'art contemporain fondé sur la théorie esthétique de certains grands théoriciens tels que Maxine Greene, John Dewey, Monroe Beardsley et autres. Le travail du peintre contemporain abstrait Mark Rothko offre une manière de conceptualiser ces théories. Enfin, ce document offre une présentation d'oeuvres d'art de l'auteur au sein d'une auto-analyse culturelle. Cette approche contemporaine à l'enquête auto-ethnographique vise à fournir une vision approfondie de ce que l'art peut faire, dans le but de promouvoir une évolution du dialogue sur la fonction de l'art au sein de l'appareil universitaire.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.86923 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | St Georges, Darlene |
| Contributors | Elizabeth J Wood (Internal/Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Integrated Studies in Education) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | Electronically-submitted theses. |
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