Art and its Function in the Education Process

If, in principle, art potentially exists in all of us – be it in the form of discovery, creation, interaction, interpretation, symbol production or lifestyle – the question arises as to how to prepare fields of encounter in which functions of art can be experienced and worked with. If, in addition, the numerous and varied functions of art can be brought into interplay in the context of education processes, there is a chance that a rich scope for new forms of creation and communication can be opened up.

In this connection, a pedagogy of the arts will ask about ways and means for constituting artistic education in processes and discourse.

Required reading

(Lecture) texts by developmental psychologists, education experts and music teachers who spoke on subjects related to the theme area "Art and its Function in the Education Process" at the convention "Musik und Mensch", March 7–9, 2002, at the Mozarteum University: Rolf Oerter, Horst Rumpf, Hans Günther Bastian, Wilfried Gruhn, Franz Niermann.