ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on a transformation that is currently underway in art education in the United States of America. The professional field is changing in response to the new landscape of the visual arts and general educational reforms. The new perspective on art education involves an understanding of the curriculum as a conceptual space in which students develop their ideas with the aid of teachers who do not act merely as guides, but as critical partners. Curriculum is newly becoming understood as a form of mediation between and among students, teachers, and a wide range of texts and images from inside and outside of school.
