June King McFee

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June King McFee (died January 14, 2008) made many contributions to the world of art education, with her research and publications.

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Professor Emeritus June King McFee was Professor and Head of the Department of Art Education at the University of Oregon from 1965-1983. She started an internationally recognized doctoral program at the university.

She is best known for advancing cultural understanding through the arts. In her book, Preparation for Art, McFee "portrays graphically the range of individual differences in children's reactions to visual phenomena and visual arts."

McFee believed in teaching art according to a child's needs. She created the "perception delineation theory" based on sociology, anthropology, psychology, and the needs of urban children. According to her theory, learning is a behavioral adjustment, and the education that society needed was guided change in behavior.

University of Oregon

At the University of Oregon, June King King McFee, along with colleague and faculty member Vincent Lanier, developed strong focuses on community arts and cultural services within the Department of Art Education (ARE). McFee's work was rooted in cultural pluralism, the role of art in society, and the influence people have in their communities related to the arts.

After her tenure as faculty, her influence continued to develop the ARE curriculum. Rogena Degge, a close colleague in the department, went on to develop classes in Cultural policy based on the work of McFee. She later developed an Art and Society class still taught at the University, at the graduate level. [1]

Publications

According to WorldCat Identities, June King McFee has 17 works in 54 publications in 2 languages and 1,751 library holdings. Prominent publications books:

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References

  1. Hoffman, E. (2005). From termination to triumph: Reflecting on the first ten years of the University of Oregon Arts and Administration program. CultureWork, 9(4). University of Oregon.