Creating Zines in Preservice Art Teacher Education

Klein, Sheri, Art Education

J^^ reservice art teachers often reflect about their classroom observations and art teaching expe§ J riences through papers, joumaling, and blogging. Zines, or "Do It Yourself" (DIY)' magazines ^^ offer preservice teachers a unique and unconventional format to reflect on issues relevant to Jf teaching art. This article discusses the definition of zines, their history and relevance for art education, and the process and outcomes of a zine assignment in a sophomore-level university art education course. Zine pages created within this semester-long course will be discussed in terms of content, images, and themes relative to levels of reflective thinking. Using LaBoskey's (1 994) conceptual …

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Publication information: Article title: Creating Zines in Preservice Art Teacher Education. Contributors: Klein, Sheri - Author. Magazine title: Art Education. Volume: 63. Issue: 1 Publication date: January 2010. Page number: 40+. © National Art Education Association Mar 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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