Understanding Art Education: Engaging Reflexively with Practice

What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools?

Nicholas Addison is Senior Lecturer in Art, Design Museology and Course Leader for the MA Art Design in Education at the University of London, UK. Lesley Burgess is Senior Lecturer in Art, Design Museology and Course Leader, for the PGCE in Art Design at the Institute of Education. Institute of Education, University of London, UK. John Steers is General Secretary of the National Society for Education in Art and Design, and Visiting Senior Research. Fellow at Roehampton University, London, UK. Jane Trowell is Lecturer on the MA Arts Policy and Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and Co-Director of the London-based interdisciplinary group Platform.