Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Education
Art education in Nova, Scotia,
Ontario and British Columbia 1900-
1905
C. L. Brown
Background
• In 1900, Canada was
33 years old with
only seven provinces
and 2 territories.
• Concept of public
education was only a
little older than the
country
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Efland, A. (1983). School art and its social origins. Studies in Art Education, 24(3), 149-157. Retrieved
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Efland, A. (1990). A history of art education: Intellectual and social currents in teaching the visual arts.
New York: Teachers College press.
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Stankiewicz, M. (2001). Roots of art education practice. Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications.