Art Education and Changing Political Agendas: An Analysis of Curriculum Concerns of the 1940s and 1950s

Abstract

American art education in the 1940s and 1950s was influenced by national social and political issues. Literature in art education contained conceptions of good citizenship which promoted America's position as a world power after World War II. A new nationalism and internationalism were emphasized. The literature also focused upon a therapeutic model for curriculum. This approach included a notion of personal freedom and a democratic personality that could be psychologically shaped through art activities. The conceptions of curriculum supported a form of social control that functionally withheld from students knowledge about the complexities of art and society.

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