Education in Arts EF / Spring 2025

  Art for art's sake—the usual English rendering of l'art pour l'art , a French slogan from the latter half of the 19th century—is a phrase that expresses the philosophy that 'true' art is utterly independent of any and all social values and utilitarian function, be that didactic, moral, or political.   I Unit: Conceptual Art Theme: Philosophy of Art Introduction Art for art's sake—the usual English rendering of l'art pour l'art, a French slogan from the latter part of the 19th century—is a phrase that expresses the philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only 'true' art, is divorced from any didactic, moral, political, or utilitarian function. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, and Oscar Wilde argued for the doctrine of art for art's sake. Wilde, for instance, claimed in the preface to his dark novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, “All art is quite useless.” He believed that art need not express anything but itsel...

    I  Unit: Student Learning   Theme: Collage   Introduction    To plan pedagogy effectively, teachers need to have a theory of how people learn.  They need to examine all factors relevant to learning.  Today, we will see how this works when organizing material for a collage based on the concept of the ethnosphere explained by Wade Davis. We will also get familiar with the work of Jacob Intilé in order to produce a collage that illustrates the interconnections of culture and nature. II   Learning Objectives   Understand the connection between the ethnosphere and a collage.  Explain how a collage can enhance children's creativity Gather an awareness of the role of the teacher in finding solutions to the buzzword mace of pedagogic fads. Experience what it would be like to collaborate with the group to create a collage.     III   Main Lesson   1 Educational Article   Teaching and Learning: Lost in a ...

   I Unit: Arts Education Theme: Compulsory Education   Introduction Today we will discuss compulsory education, which refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. This education may take place at a registered school or at other places. Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a certain school. All children who have attained the age of 6 years or who will have attained the age of 6 years by February 1 of any school year or who are older than 6 years of age but who have not attained the age of 16 years, except as otherwise provided, are required to attend school regularly during the entire school term.   Art education is, on the other hand, the set of instructions on how to use the language of art. People understand the world and assign a meaning to it using art. It is not required nor forced on people as part of the frame created by co...