From tinkering to meddling: Notes on engaging first year art theory students

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From tinkering to meddling: Notes on engaging first year art theory students

This paper considers the two-year-long process of redesigning Art Theory: Modernism, the initial core art theory course at The University of Newcastle in Australia, with the aim of increasing the academic engagement of first year fine art students. First year students are particularly vulnerable to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Messham-Muir, Christian
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	University of Wollongong 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18084

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