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Insights into the Integration of Traditional Filipino Arts in Art and Design Education: Voices from the Academe
Author(s) -
Loza Cynthia B.,
De Guzman Allan B.,
Jose Regalado T.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2008.00568.x
Subject(s) - the arts , arts in education , visual arts education , sociology , relevance (law) , pedagogy , visual arts , performing arts education , engineering ethics , engineering , political science , art , law
This article presents the first segment of a qualitative study that explores the feasibility of integrating traditional arts in Philippine art and design education. The views of educators on traditional arts were sought to provide an impetus for the study and a springboard for discussion regarding the relevance of traditional Filipino arts in a predominantly Westernised educational system. The educators’ views and opinions on the central question, ‘Why and how should the study of traditional Filipino arts be integrated in the art and design programme?’ will be used to guide a trial integration of the learning of traditional arts in tertiary art and design classes. They will form part of the multiple perspectives that will be gathered from various sectors throughout the course of research. This phenomenological study, on the whole, seeks to uncover the potentials of traditional arts as a rich resource for learning, particularly for students of art and design.