Study of the images for the Visual Arts Education in Secondary Education textbooks: educational implications

  • Idoia Marcellan-Barace University of the Basque Country
  • Ainhoa Gómez-Pintado University of the Basque Country
Keywords: visual arts, education, secondary, visual culture
Agencies: Universidad del País Vasco, UPV-EHU, Convocatoria ayudas a la reincorporación e iniciación en investigación

Abstract

In this paper we present the first data from the research conducted to determine the relationship between traditional visual arts and other forms of visual culture closer to the experiences of high school youth. The hypothesis of this research is that while students are nurtured and live primarily with the images provided by the media culture, their textbooks basically refer to the more traditional art images. The research has been limited to a review and analysis of the most common educational materials for teaching visual arts in high school. After the systematization and analysis of the images appeared in textbooks, we have detected three major types: the artistics, those who belong to media culture and others. The most relevant conclusions indicate that: there are hardly any connections between different types of images, they offer a very traditional view of art and they are far removed from the experiences of young book users.

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Ainhoa Gómez-Pintado, University of the Basque Country
E.U. DE MAGISTERIO DE VITORIA-GASTEIZ, UPV-EHU. DEPARTAMENTO DE DIDACTICA DE LA EXPRESIÓN MUSICAL, PLÁSTICA Y CORPORAL. PROFESORA ADJUNTA.
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Published
2015-05-19
How to Cite
Marcellan-Barace, I., & Gómez-Pintado, A. (2015). Study of the images for the Visual Arts Education in Secondary Education textbooks: educational implications. Arte, Individuo Y Sociedad, 27(2), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ARIS.2015.v27.n2.43405
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