Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 2000. / "A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy". Bibliography : leaves 188-199.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2009. / Includes abstract. Bibliography: leaves 154-164.

This thesis deals with the topic of borders and includes art series, which focuses on the development of social perception and thinking of pupils of second grade of primary school. The theoretical part of the thesis maps the border issue within society. The beginning of the work clarifies the borders in terms of psychology. Afterwards, different ways of dealing with the subject boundaries in art are presented. There are primarily highlighted figures of visual arts and artistic styles that inspired the creation of art series. Works of artists are chronologically ordered into artistic styles and semantically clarified with regard to time, cultural and social context. The next part of this work is devoted to a school curriculum and the possibilities of including the chosen theme to teaching of art subject within the school educational programs, for which the project was implemented. At the end of the theoretical part there is outlined the history of the project teaching and the method used for the creation of the art series.The project part is a set of seven lessons dealing with the topic of boundaries, which are focused on working with different techniques. The whole project was based on the perception and understanding of the issue of boundaries by the pupils of primary school during particular lessons. The course of the lessons and their content is described chronologically. The end of the practical part presents additional possibilities of how, according to the author of this qualification work, the topic of boundaries can be used for further processing.