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Exploring Social Issues And Value Systems In Contemporary Art Education, Charlotte Turner
Exploring Social Issues And Value Systems In Contemporary Art Education, Charlotte Turner
Art and Design Theses
The purpose of the study was to field test a unit of lessons in which students explore how a variety of social issues and value systems impact the meaning expressed in their artwork. By exposing students to different systems of belief, their historical contexts, and providing opportunities for students to discuss, research and symbolically express meaning I hope to develop critical thinking skills; promote increase in the social conscience of teenagers; help students develop critical thinking skills; promote student active involvement in their community at large; encourage social activism; and help students become part of the larger global community. The …
My Experiences Incorporating Constructivist Teaching Strategies Within An Art Education Classroom, John Marlon Heard
My Experiences Incorporating Constructivist Teaching Strategies Within An Art Education Classroom, John Marlon Heard
Art and Design Theses
A reliance on a teacher-centered model of instruction presented the foundation for my research. I chose to investigate constructivist theory and to implement constructivist teaching practices within my art education classroom to determine if constructivist teaching practices would facilitate a shift to a more student-centered learning environment, and to determine if constructivist strategies positively impact student learning. I collected my raw data using autoethnographic recording, documenting my results over a two month period in January and February of 2007 from my experiences as an art educator at a public, Metro-Atlanta elementary school. A positive impact on student learning was observed …
Development Of A Studio Art Curriculum For The Concentration Section Of The Advanced Placement Drawing Portfolio, Bonnie R. Lovell
Development Of A Studio Art Curriculum For The Concentration Section Of The Advanced Placement Drawing Portfolio, Bonnie R. Lovell
Art and Design Theses
This thesis presents an Advanced Placement curriculum for the concentration section of the Drawing Portfolio. It is intended as a teaching tool to encourage and develop creative strategies related to idea generation and refinement based on creative problem solving, which is essential to the development of an effective concentration. One of the most difficult problems faced by Advanced Placement Studio Art students is idea generation for the artwork related to a central topic for the concentration section of their portfolios. This curriculum introduces lessons based on artist research, brainstorming, synectics, and SCAMPER techniques designed to foster creative idea generation for …