Towards A Vital Pedagogy: Learning from Anti-ableist Practice in Art Education

Penketh, Claire (2020) Towards A Vital Pedagogy: Learning from Anti-ableist Practice in Art Education. International Journal of Education Through Art, 16 (1). pp. 13-25. ISSN 1743-5234

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Abstract

Art education has the potential to promote inclusive education for all children and young people. However, the pervasive discourse of special education, with an emphasis on individual deficit, support and remediation, can dominate our thinking about the relationship between disability and art education. This paper reports on an attempt to resist the limitations of such discourses by introducing anti-ableist, crip theory to art educators (n=48). Visual and textual storyboards enabled practitioners to present, reflect and revise projects from a committed anti-ableist position. Modified projects reflected an awareness of the benefits of multi-sensory approaches, the advantages of interdependency and a greater resonance with contemporary arts practice. Acknowledging the challenges of taking theory to practice, the paper suggests that anti-ableist theory can promote a vital pedagogy in art education. It concludes that crip theory can provoke practice-based resistance to deficit-based models of disability.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is the pre-print version of an article published in International Journal of Education Through Art by Intellect, DOI 10.1386/eta_00014_1. The fully text version can be found online at: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/eta/2020/00000016/00000001/art00002.
Keywords:	art education, disability studies, crip theory, ableism, special educational needs
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Claire Penketh
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2019 10:52
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2021 13:58
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/2871

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