June King McFee

Who is June King McFee?

June King McFee made many contributions to the world of art education, with her research and publications.

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.