Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum

This thesis addresses why a comprehensive art education curriculum needs to merge with visual culture in order to better serve current elementary students today. The review of literature supports this theory and proves that the two approaches work together to make learning relevant and effective....

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Main Author: Muirheid, Amanda J
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Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2011
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/80
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spelling ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-scholarworks.gsu.edu-art_design_theses-10722014-04-24T03:37:53Z Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum Muirheid, Amanda J This thesis addresses why a comprehensive art education curriculum needs to merge with visual culture in order to better serve current elementary students today. The review of literature supports this theory and proves that the two approaches work together to make learning relevant and effective. The units of study provided make up a guideline that show teachers how to include visual culture into the current comprehensive art education structure. This allows students to bring their own ideas and experiences into the classroom, and results in making the visual arts more personal. Following this curriculum will help students own their education and ultimately gain higher level thinking and learning in the visual arts as well as other subject areas. 2011-05-13T07:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/80 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=art_design_theses Art and Design Theses ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Advertising Authentic instruction Comprehensive art education Discipline based art education Social perspectives Visual culture
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Authentic instruction
Comprehensive art education
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Visual culture
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Authentic instruction
Comprehensive art education
Discipline based art education
Social perspectives
Visual culture
Muirheid, Amanda J
Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
description This thesis addresses why a comprehensive art education curriculum needs to merge with visual culture in order to better serve current elementary students today. The review of literature supports this theory and proves that the two approaches work together to make learning relevant and effective. The units of study provided make up a guideline that show teachers how to include visual culture into the current comprehensive art education structure. This allows students to bring their own ideas and experiences into the classroom, and results in making the visual arts more personal. Following this curriculum will help students own their education and ultimately gain higher level thinking and learning in the visual arts as well as other subject areas.
author Muirheid, Amanda J
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title Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
title_short Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
title_full Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
title_fullStr Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
title_full_unstemmed Visual Culture within Comprehensive Art Education and Elementary Art Curriculum
title_sort visual culture within comprehensive art education and elementary art curriculum
publisher ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
publishDate 2011
url http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/80
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