Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design (Routledge Focus on Design Pedagogy)

Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design addresses an emerging area of development in contemporary pedagogy, the fostering of cultural awareness and sensitivity in the designers of tomorrow. By offering new and unique examples of how to better educate students around issues of cultural awareness, this book presents teaching methodologies that ultimately facilitate students in becoming better, and more inclusive, art and design professionals.Today, the role of education in the addressing of social and cultural issues is increasingly seen as central to pedagogical methodologies.Through engaged teaching, experiential learning, socially orientated pedagogy or any other definition, the idea that students can and should be exposed to, and deal with, issues of importance to various stakeholders is increasingly seen as central to the teaching and learning experience - whether it be in relation to local communities, national economies, regional cultural identities or more.This is explored