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Development of Art Appreciation in 11–14 year‐old Students
Author(s) -
Duh Matjaž,
Zupančič Tomaž,
Čagran Branka
Publication year - 2014
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.1476-8070.2014.01768.x
Subject(s) - visual arts education , art criticism , curriculum , the arts , visual arts , psychology , perception , quality (philosophy) , mathematics education , expression (computer science) , pedagogy , art , aesthetics , computer science , art history , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , performance art , programming language
Modern art curricula derive from the assumption that visual arts education can be of a high quality only if productive and receptive artistic activities are implemented. In art education practice, we are able to follow incentives for artistic expression but pay less attention to developing art appreciation that is based on developing as subtle perceptions of artwork as possible. Students have few opportunities to observe, enjoy and understand artwork. This discussion presents the results of a study that monitored the development of art appreciation abilities of 11–14 year‐old students in Slovenian compulsory education. The level of art appreciation abilities is rather average and more developed with older students and girls. There were no statistically significant differences with regard to school stratum.