David Bell

Biography

I have a background in secondary school art and art history teaching, and have contributed to curriculum courses for the Graduate Diploma of Education: Secondary since 1986, as well as a range of other art education courses at the College of Education. I continue to teach in this area, and take an active role in secondary art education curriculum review, and in the development of assessment for art history with the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. I also have a long term interest in the aesthetic sensibilities of Japan, an area in which I continue to research and publish, with some teaching.

Research Interest

Visual arts education: epistemology; the construction of curriculum; assessment; pedagogy Aesthetic education Museum education programmes Substantive aesthetics in the Japanese visual field; ukiyo-e Japanese arts in New Zealand contexts New Zealand/Asian Studies