Orientador: Rejane Galvão Coutinho / Resumo: A tese defendida neste estudo é que a mediação cultural se apropria de repertórios de participação da arte e da educação. Reconheceu durante a investigação elementos das seguintes hipóteses: que a mediação cultural em artes é realizada por profissionais de diversas áreas, que atuam em instituições culturais conjugando repertórios e práticas da arte e da educação a partir de premissas da ação cultural, em caráter dialógico e coletivo em âmbitos educacionais, artísticos ou sociais; que esta atuação pode instaurar ambientes e processos onde é possível experimentar o convívio e a valorização da diversidade a partir do contato com diferentes ideologias; que as publicações com as descrições, narrativas de processos, registros, avaliações e estratégias de circulação de ideias empregadas em projetos de mediação cultural podem constituir um importante material de formação para profissionais da área. Diante das hipóteses formuladas e suas premissas, tomou como objeto de investigação oito projetos de mediação cultural (sendo quatro deles realizados com a participação da pesquisadora). Estudou a partir deles os registros e narrativas sobre atividades artístico-pedagógicas coletivas feitas por profissionais que atuam na mediação cultural em instituições culturais, selecionando quatro projetos que tiveram a intenção prévia de pesquisar as práticas coletivas que promoveram junto de uma rede de profissionais e instituições envolvidos. Submeteu o material analisado aos seguintes questionament... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The research seeks for evidences that cultural mediation practices appropriates repertoires of participation of art and education. He acknowledged during the investigation elements of the following hypotheses: that cultural mediation in the arts is carried out by professionals from different areas, who work in cultural institutions combining repertoires and practices of art and education from the premises of cultural action, in a dialogical and collective character in educational, artistic or social contexts; that this action can establish environments and processes where it is possible to experience the conviviality and the valorization of diversity from the contact with different ideologies; that the publications with the descriptions, process narratives, registers, evaluations and strategies of circulation of ideas employed in cultural mediation projects can constitute an important training material for professionals in the area. Considering the hypotheses formulated and its premises, it took as object of investigation eight projects of cultural mediation (four of them realized with the participation of the researcher). He studied from them the records and narratives about collective artistic and pedagogical activities done by professionals who work in cultural mediation in cultural institutions, selecting four projects that had the previous intention of researching the collective practices that they promoted with a network of professionals and institutions involved. The a... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Resumen: La tesis defendida en este estudio es que la mediación cultural se apropia de los repertorios de participación del arte y la educación. Reconoció durante la investigación los elementos de las siguientes hipótesis: que la mediación cultural en las artes es llevada a cabo por profesionales de diferentes áreas, que trabajan en instituciones culturales combinando repertorios y prácticas de arte y educación desde las premisas de la acción cultural, en un carácter dialógico y colectivo. en contextos educativos, artísticos o sociales; que esta acción puede establecer ambientes y procesos donde es posible experimentar la convivencia y la valorización de la diversidad a partir del contacto con diferentes ideologías; que las publicaciones con las descripciones, narraciones de procesos, registros, evaluaciones y estrategias de circulación de ideas empleadas en proyectos de mediación cultural pueden constituir un importante material de capacitación para los profesionales del área. Considerando las hipótesis formuladas y sus premisas, la investigacion tomó como objeto de investigación ocho proyectos de mediación cultural (cuatro de ellos realizados con la participación del investigador). Estudiados desde ellas los registros y cuentas de las actividades artísticas y educativas colectivas de los profesionales que trabajan en la mediación cultural en las instituciones culturales, la selección de cuatro proyectos que han tenido una intención previa a la investigación de las prácticas colectiv... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo) / Doutor

Texas programs in pre-service art teacher preparation vary little. Since 1970, the National Art Education Association (NAEA) has created voluntary standards in hopes of decreasing variability among programs. In 1999, the NAEA published Standards for Art Teacher Preparation, outlining 20 content areas that art pre-service programs should provide their students. To obtain information on the implementation and the extent to which these 20 standards are being implemented, a questionnaire was sent to all programs in Texas. The 20 standards were the dependent variable for the study. The four independent variables used in this ex post facto study were: the size of the institution where the program exists; the number of full-time art faculty; the number of full-time art education faculty; and, the number of undergraduate art education students who graduated last year. The 20 standards or provisions were scored on a Lickert scale with six options: zero (not taught) to five (comprehensively taught). The response size (N = 23) was 47% of the state's 49 approved programs. The results from the survey suggest no significant difference among programs. However, the results showed a significant difference in the number of provisions taught between programs with no art educators and those with 1 to 3 art educators. One art educator seemed to increase the number of pedagogical provisions taught but did not increase the extent or enhance the degree to which each provision was taught. A comprehensively taught response to the NAEA provisions on the questionnaire was further investigated through analysis of catalog course descriptions and correspondence with participants. The results are estimated in credit hours and indicate that there may be a point where time on task decides the limit that constitutes a comprehensive preparation. Perspectives on content are discussed and regarded as too subjective to define comprehensive preparation. Comprehensive time on task varies with content, which may imply an unconscious marker of time shared by educators that defines a comprehensive preparation for each provision. Changing and local standards in art pre-service programs may have produced a range of interpretations regarding the meaning of "comprehensively taught.";

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:44:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvia Regina Gregoris.pdf: 6520117 bytes, checksum: b1a3fbb6d83382ccdcd6ee601b996bb6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-17 / This study aims to understand and evaluate the intellectual and graphical production that is illustrated in the Hoods Zupi Design Magazine in its contemporary (2006-2010). To analyze its significance and representativeness as a contemporary artistic production deals with such issues as the object of analysis: theme to be historicized and treating them as a source, which subsidizes research through the supporting documentation provided by them. Some questions, coming from our professional activities with students of first semesters of undergraduate course in Advertising search for answers through questionnaires to investigate whether the journal might be used as a strategy for teaching and learning in the classroom. Using issues of the journal as a motivating material, were performed analyzes and interpretations with three groups of discipline Drawing I. The study of Zupi Design Magazine within a relatively short period of existence has privileged themes as: points of convergence between the editorial project and artistic achievements, the coherence between the covers of graphic expression and the speech presented by its authors and the receipt of the journal for their readership. Our theoretical framework is provided by means of dialogue between scholars of Cultural History, which supports us. The preparation of tables allowed a detailed survey of the aspects to which we propose to study: the use of the magazine as a strategic support in Drawing course in Advertising. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo conhecer e avaliar a produção intelectual e gráfica presente nas ilustrações das capas da Revista Zupi Design em sua contemporaneidade (2006-2010). Para analisar seu significado e representatividade enquanto produção artística contemporânea trata as edições como objeto de análise: tema a ser historicizado e também como fonte, que subsidia a pesquisa por meio do suporte documental por elas fornecido. Algumas questões, vindas de nossa atuação profissional com alunos de primeiros semestres da graduação em curso de Publicidade, buscaram respostas por intermédio de questionários, com o objetivo de investigar se o periódico pode vir a ser utilizado como estratégia de ensino-aprendizagem em sala de aula. Usando como material motivador as edições do periódico, foram realizadas análises e interpretações junto a três turmas da disciplina Desenho I. O estudo da Revista Zupi Design dentro de um período relativamente curto de existência privilegiou como temas: pontos de convergência entre o projeto editorial e as realizações artísticas; a coerência entre a expressão gráfica das capas e o discurso apresentado por seus autores e a recepção do periódico por seu público leitor. Nosso referencial teórico é fornecido por intermédio de diálogos entre estudiosos da História Cultural, que nos dá suporte. A elaboração de tabelas permitiu um levantamento minucioso dos aspectos aos quais nos propusemos estudar: a utilização do periódico como suporte estratégico em aulas de Desenho no curso Publicidade.

University of Macau / Faculty of Education

University of Macau / Faculty of Education

The Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre is examined in its historical context. In order to place the pottery workshop in the context of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) Arts and Crafts Centre, the history of the centre's other workshops, Fabric printing and Weaving as well as the Fine Art School will be compared and contrasted. The pottery workshop is investigated and compared with the printmaking of Rorke's Drift. A selection of Rorke's Drift ceramics from the Durban Art Gallery's collection has been selected and examined to determine some of the stylistic changes that have occurred in the Rorke's Drift Pottery studio from 1970 to 1994. Fifteen works appear in an illustrated catalogue which examines the imagery and stylistic content of each work. The similarities between the prints of Rorke's Drift artists and the ceramics are explored; gender issues are analysed. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005

The purpose of this research is to document the visual art production of Indian South Africans who graduated from the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) with a degree in Fine Art, and provide an explanation of how and why their art works are so poorly documented within a post-Apartheid art historical narrative. When South African Apartheid society was designed to promote Black intellectual underdevelopment, this Indian university provided a space for young Indian intellectuals from all fields to engage with the struggle politic of the country to envision a strategy for a liberated and democratic future. While the visual art in this country has provided powerful social commentary throughout the Apartheid years, the voice of the Indian artist has remained silent. Some students managed to complete their degrees and find a little recognition as artists; the majority, however, relegated their art-making to a pastime. Little is known about this body of graduates; hence this research attempts a systematic study about how Indian Fine Art graduates fell into silence upon the completion of their degrees. The rationale of this study is to determine in what ways the constructs of culture, politics and identity, as key environmental factors at UDW, impacted on the virtual absence of Indian artists from South Africa’s art history. To this end, the social history of education of Indian South Africans since their arrival in this country has been provided. The influential and historical location of the University College for Indians (UNICOL) and later UDW as a cultural and political construct is explored against the art production of its Fine Art Department. Thus, the geopolitical space of this university as a site of struggle is contextualised. Against this background, the varied life stories of the forty-three graduates presented in this study are contextualised within the framework of separate and segregated education. These stories illuminate the unfolding dynamics that shaped the directions they subsequently took. The significance of this study lies in its contribution of knowledge to the existing literature on Indian history in South Africa as well as on the art production of this community as students of the Fine Art Department at UDW and subsequently as a small body of practising, but not always exhibiting, artists. Through this study I suggest that some of these graduates became internal exiles, which positioned them on the margins of the art-producing community in this country. This position of marginality impacted on their representation within the South African art historical archive. The study makes a number of recommendations to bring these and other South African Indian artists into the picture again. / Thesis (Ph.D)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.

The purpose of this study was to document and understand the meanings associated with the visual elaboration (Painter, 2002a), of a particular house i.e. what was done to it after it was built and why, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, by successive occupants, including myself, over a period of nine decades. I used a case study, involving documents and artefacts and interviews with key informants. Taking an interpretive epistemological stance, I employed a narrative approach to inquiry (Kramp, 2004, Johnson-Bailey, 2004). The individual narratives resonated with recent anthropological findings. The house saw home managers exert their agency (Pink, 2004). Additionally, inhabitants left a signature on the structure (Dominy, 1997), and carried with them mementos from the home they had made there (Marcoux, 2001). Over time, through transformation processes, both individuals and the house were changed (Miller, 2001a). Further, the design legacy left by previous inhabitants acted as a form of agency on successive residents (Miller, 2001b), and through reciprocal accommodation the house and its occupants came to terms with each other (Miller, 2002). Additionally, six common themes emerged: epistemological orientation, economics, male and female, reminiscences and affect, childhood to adulthood and history and presence. My finding that an individual’s epistemological stance was related to her/his artistry supports an emerging vision in art education, that of art practice as research (Sullivan, 2005). This has implications for both research and practice. Firstly, the processes through which non-specialists work need to be more fully explored. Secondly, we require a changed view of art history where art images are understood as part of a productive visual culture (Marshall, 2007). This is a concept-focused analysis of art where meaning is demonstrated to be contextual and intergraphical, and is manifest in artworks that can be scrutinized across cultures and time. Thirdly, our concept of visual literacy must expand; if we construct knowledge and reality through making images as well as by decoding the meaning of existing visual images, then art practice is schools is imperative (Marshall). Finally, visual thinking is integrative (Marshall), and thus art integration and a new approach to art and learning are essential.

This qualitative inquiry explores a community-based art partnership called the semester programs that took place between Artpace San Antonio and Louis W. Fox Academic and Technical High School from 2004 until 2006. This narrative inquiry used interviews with artists and former Fox Tech art students involved in our program, along with my teacher/ researcher reflections, to make meaning from the data. The artists involved in the semester programs were Gary Sweeney, Daniel Guerrero, David Jurist, and Ethel Shipton. Former students interviewed include Eloy McGarity, Rosa Leija, John Contreras, and Jennelle Gomez, while I, Maria Leake represent the voice of the art teacher. Our stories of experience were analyzed and connections between situated learning theory, creativity theories, community-based art education, and memory research were all recognized as being exhibited during our community partnership programs. There were seven patterns and themes that were noted as occurring within each semester program, as well as notable distinctions. The patterns and themes from the data analysis suggest that our community partnership reflected the following: learning and creative expression went beyond the individual; networks of support and communication were available to all participants; challenges were acknowledged; empathy between participants was an unintentional outcome; working together as a community of practice facilitated personal interactions and connections; learning and creative expression went beyond the traditional curriculum; and educational benefits were realized by all participants.

This study explored Visual Art creation by Grade 11 learners in the art classroom and the relationship with attaining creativity acumen. Creativity acumen in this instance is looked upon as the ability to visually conceptualize imaginative ideas and then translate that into an individual rendition of a concept presented. The learners first perceive an idea and then conceive a concept. Visual perception is a function of how the eyes and brain see whole images, but these images are broken down into their visual elements, such as lines and shading during Visual Art creation. The visual elements are then created in forming an art-work, which in turn lends itself to understanding complex concepts and themes. Creativity acumen involves two processes: having ideas (creativity-relevant processes) and then producing a visual exposé of such ideas. A literature review was conducted which provided useful insight into the components of the creative process and the contextual factors influencing creativity acumen within the school environment. An empirical study was conducted with six art learners in Grade 11, selected through purposive sampling. Creativity questionnaires were completed pre- and post-art creation as a self-assessment tool of how effectively individual implementation of the creative process occurred during idea development and artistic expression in attaining creativity acumen during Visual Art production, if at all. The art creations were observed from task presentation through to completion deadline. Photographic records of the art creations were captured as they were produced and completed. Interviews were conducted at the end of the art creative process. The data was descriptively tabulated into photo-sheets and tabulated for qualitative interpretation and description of findings and results. From the empirical study it can be concluded that there is a dialectic relationship between the creativity-relevant processes and art-relevant skills, as set out theoretically by Amabile (1996) when creating Visual Art. The relationship is intertwined and compounded by overlapping factors in acumen to be creative and creating an art-work. Both require openness to new ideas and perspectives and both need perseverance and effort to learn new skills and craftsmanship. The conclusion of this study is that creativity acumen and art creation have variation of outcome and expansion of ideas in common. Creativity acumen is a means of extending one’s outlook and ability to question, look for new information, develop ideas independently while art creation is a means of visual expression in learning to elaborate on a concept through externalised representation which guides further possibilities and understanding of new concepts and perspectives. There is a dialectic relationship between art creation and creativity acumen or ability as one possibly informs and develops the other. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)