Art and Disability: The Social and Political Struggles Facing Education

A. Wexler

Palgrave Macmillan US, Oct 10, 2011 - Education - 248 pages

Wexler argues that the arts are most effective when they are in service of social growth, critical to identity formation. This book balances theory with practical knowledge and offers critical research that challenges the biases regarding the nature of art and education.

About the author

ALICE J. WEXLER is Program Director of Art Education at SUNY, New Paltz, USA.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Art and Disability: The Social and Political Struggles Facing Education
• Author: A. Wexler
• Contributor: Kenneth A. Loparo
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2011
• ISBN: 0230114857, 9780230114852
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Art / General; Education / General; Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects; Education / Teacher Training & Certification; Social Science / Sociology / General