Teachers union wants to ‘challenge whiteness’ in art curricula– www.thecollegefix.com
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Another aspect of Labour Party Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s decolonization-based “review” of the U.K.’s state school curricula is how art lessons should be taught.
Akin to various science organizations voicing their support for such efforts in their discipline, the National Society for Education in Art & Design union says part of “anti-racist art education” should involve teachers “challenging whiteness,” according to The Telegraph.
Teachers should “ask about the ‘colonial narratives’ and the ‘Western lens through which art, craft and design is often viewed,’” the NSEAD advised.
