Contents	5
	Art Education “Made in Germany” (Georg Peez)	9
	“Glocal” Diversity	9
	Educational Federalism in Germany	10
	Ties to German-speaking Neighboring Countries	10
	The Book’s Structure	11
	How Contributions Were Sourced	12
	Acknowledgements	12
	Historical and Current Concepts. Aspects of Art Education in Germany after 1945 (Marc Fritzsche, Martin Klinkner & Georg Peez)	15
	Image Orientation	16
	Art Orientation	17
	Subject Orientation	17
	Art Education in Primary Schools (Constanze Kirchner)	21
	Abstract	21
	Tasks and Objectives of Art Class	21
	Aesthetic Interest and Aesthetic Experience	21
	Experiencing Nature and Compensation	22
	Visual Design	23
	Experiencing Environment and Play	23
	Perception and Creativity	25
	Media Literacy	25
	Experiencing Art	26
	Performance Evaluation	27
	References	28
	Opening Spaces for Opportunities. Staging Materials as an Art Educational Intervention (Petra Kathke)	29
	Abstract	29
	Setting Materials – A Field for Playing and Practicing	30
	Intended Inspiration	31
	“Artificial Marking” as a Didactical Impulse	32
	Material Staging as an Action Analogous to Art	34
	References	34
	Open Dialogues in the Art Workshop. Nobody Knows What It Will Turn out to Be (Thomas Heyl)	35
	Abstract	35
	The Art Studio – A School of Fantasy	36
	Multiple Dialogues	37
	Room and Space	40
	All-day	40
	References	41
	Integrated Arts and Computer Science Education in Mixed Reality Learning Spaces (Daniela Reimann)	43
	Fan Art – Online Youth Aesthetics in the Art Classroom (Jutta Zaremba)	49
	Fan Art Sections	49
	Fan Art Giant ANIMEXX	50
	Continuous Improvement through Tutorials	51
	Contests and Comments as Motivation	51
	Expertise, Self-Education and Social Communication in the Art Classroom	52
	References	54
	For a Sociospatial Practice of Art Education (Ulrike Stutz)	57
	Abstract	57
	Sociospatiality Seen Through Procedural Space Theories	57
	Communication Sculptures – Art as a Space-Creating Process	58
	Transformative and structural education processes	58
	Qualitative Empirical Analysis	60
	References	61
	Artistic Education Within Art Projects (Carl-Peter Buschkühle)	65
	Abstract	65
	The Turning Point in German Art Education	65
	The Art Project as a Practice of Art Education	66
	Elements of Art-Oriented Art Education	68
	Goal: Artistic Thinking	70
	References	71
	Image Orientation and Art Education (Rolf Niehoff)	73
	Abstract	73
	A Short Review	73
	On the Current Cultural Situation	73
	The School Subject of Art as the “Subject of Images”	74
	What Does “Image Competences” Mean?	74
	Summary	77
	References	78
	Art Class or Image Class? Remarks on Naming a School Subject (Dietrich Grünewald)	79
	The Extended Art Space. The Web as a Sphere of Action (Sara Burkhardt)	83
	Abstract	83
	Reality and Imagination	84
	Exposure – Production – Reflection	85
	Communication and Cooperation	86
	Intersections	88
	Outlook	88
	References	89
	Methods of Evaluation and Grading in Art Class (Georg Peez)	91
	Abstract	91
	1. Criteria- or Category-Based Evaluation Methods, Frequently Used With Credit and Numerical Scales	91
	2. Evaluation Methods Based on Evidence Assessment	93
	3. Evaluation Methods Within Progressive and Open Art Classes	94
	Conclusion	96
	References	97
	Color and Space. Two Competing Parameters of Our Perception (Martin Oswald)	101
	Abstract	101
	The Change of Color Perception Between the Ages of Eleven and Sixteen	102
	Explanations of the Visual System	105
	Conclusions for Art Education	107
	References	107
	The Experiment in Art Class (Thomas Michl)	109
	Abstract	109
	A General Structural Layout of the Experiment	109
	Several Didactical Consequences of Experimenting in Art Class	109
	Supporting Conditions and Classroom Setting for Experimentation	109
	The Planning of Topics and Contents for the Experiment	110
	The Importance of the Experimenting Classroom as a Social Setting	111
	Classroom Guidance and the Experimental Attitude of the Teacher	112
	The Dual Nature of the Experiment	113
	References	114
	Art Education and Biography (Georg Peez)	115
	Abstract	115
	Research Questions	115
	Results	116
	(1) Biographical Aspects: Childhood, Schooldays and Youth	116
	(2) The Approach to a Profession in Education and the School	118
	(3) Attitudes Towards Art Class	118
	(4) The Concepts of Art Education as a Background for Art Educational Practice	120
	Conclusion	121
	References	121
	Play and Language (Johannes Kirschenmann)	125
	Abstract	125
	Playful Reconstructions	126
	Language Educates – As Does Artistic Play	127
	References	129
	Aesthetic Delight (Michael Parmentier)	131
	Play (Gundel Mattenklott)	137
	The Road Towards Intercultural/Transcultural Arts Education (Ernst Wagner)	141
	BDK – Association for Art Education (Marc Fritzsche & Martin Klinkner)	149
	Aims of BDK – Association for Art Education	149
	Images for Education	149
	Sources	150
	Databases and Further Resources. Publications in National and International Contexts	151
	Authors	153