Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-2017 Middle Level Multicultural/Social Justice Art Education Curriculum Meghan E. G. Andrews Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Art Education Commons, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, and the Curriculum and Instruction Commons Recommended Citation Andrews, Meghan E. G., "Middle Level Multicultural/Social Justice Art Education Curriculum" (2017). Master's Theses. 935. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/935 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MIDDLE LEVEL MULTICULTURAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE ART EDUCATION CURRICULUM by Meghan E. G. Andrews A thesis submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Frostic School of Art Western Michigan University April 2017 Thesis Committee: William Charland, Ph.D.,Chair Christina Chin, Ph.D. Patricia Villalobos, M.F.A. MIDDLE LEVEL MULTICULTURAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE ART EDUCATION CURRICULUM Meghan E. G. Andrews, M.A. Western Michigan University, 2017 The way in which children are taught matters a great deal and influences not only their worldview, but also how they view themselves with that world. Through my experiences as an art teacher, I have witnessed a growing need for teaching students in a way that focuses on multicultural and social justices issues in order to help students gain a more well-rounded world view.