Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Art Education Methods
Course Code: RES526
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable students to conduct new research in this field by examining the changes in the field of visual arts education in our country and other countries and by transferring the thoughts, research, practices and experiences in field education methods.

Course Content

Basic and specific aims and necessity of visual arts education, Approaches based on free expression, New approaches in visual arts education, Multiculturalism and art education, Interdisciplinary art education, Visual culture education, Teaching strategies, methods and techniques in visual arts education, Art education and teaching Opinions on the method, Factors in the application of strategies, methods and techniques, Recommended methods to be applied in art education.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain the necessity, basic and special purposes of visual arts education;
2.Ability to explain contemporary teaching methods applied in the field of visual arts education
3.Ability to identify educators and their research that create methodological differences in visual arts education
4.Ability to analyze scientific research on art and art education
5.Ability to make scientific presentations in the field of art and art education with today's technological opportunities
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ALAKUŞ, Ali Osman., Levent Mercin., (Editörler)., Sanat Eğitimi ve Görsel Sanatlar Öğretimi., Pegem Akademi Yay., Ankara., 2009.
2.CHAPMAN, H. Laura., A World of Images., Davis Pub., Massachusetts.,1992.
3.ETİKE , Serap., Sanat Eğitimi Yazıları., İlke Kitap ve Yayınevi., Ankara., 1995.
4.KIRİŞOĞLU, Olcay T. (Prof.Dr.), Prof. Dr.Mary STOCKROCKİ, Ortaöğretim Sanat Öğretimi – YÖK – Dünya Bankası, Milli Eğitimi Geliştirme Projesi, Hizmet Öncesi Öğretmen Eğitimi.,Ankara, 1997.
5.KIRIŞOĞLU, Olcay., Sanatta Eğitim., Demircioğlu matb., Ankara., 1991.
6.ÖZSOY, Vedat., Görsel Sanatlar Eğitimi, Resim-İş Eğitiminin Tarihsel ve Düşünsel Temelleri., Gündüz Eğitim ve Yay.., Ankara., 2003.
7.ÖZSOY, Vedat. (Editör)., Yöntem ve Teknikleri ile Görsel sanatlar Eğitiminde Uygulamalar., GÖRSED Yay., Ankara., 2006.
8.YILDIRIM, Ali – Hasan Şimşek, Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Seçkin Yay. Ankara, 2000
9.SAN, İnci., Sanat Eğitimi Kuramları., Tan Kitap ve yayın, Ankara, 1983.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic and specific aims of visual arts education -General aims attributed to visual arts education -Assignment-Translation of an article selected from current publications on visual arts education and training
Week 2 - Theoretical
Necessity of visual arts education (Why should we teach art?) - Reasons for visual arts education and training to be included in school curricula
Week 3 - Theoretical
Approach based on free expression - Reconstructionist approach - Basing art education on scientific justifications
Week 4 - Theoretical
A critical look at discipline-focused art education -Art education as a factor in increasing success in academic fields
Week 5 - Theoretical
Reasons that prepare new views in visual arts education -New approaches in visual arts education -Assignment-Translation of an article selected from current publications on visual arts education methods
Week 6 - Theoretical
Learning process in visual arts: Student-centered learning, active learning, suitability for child development, brain-based learning, hemisphere theory and visual arts
Week 7 - Theoretical
Multiculturalism and art education -Interdisciplinary art education -Visual culture education
Week 8 - Theoretical
A look at the structure and nature of art as a subject area - Dimensions of learning in visual arts education-midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Teaching strategies, methods and techniques in visual arts education -Opinions on methods in art education and training -Factors in the application of strategies, methods and techniques
Week 10 - Theoretical
Recommended methods to be applied in art education - Teaching techniques in visual arts
Week 11 - Theoretical
Being knowledgeable, planned and prepared in art teaching: Teaching order - Educational preparations: Plans - Determining goals in visual arts teaching
Week 12 - Theoretical
Classroom or workshop as a socio-cultural environment in the teaching process -Other factors that directly affect learning in the teaching process -Assignment -Translation of two articles selected from current publications on cultural differences in art education
Week 13 - Theoretical
Research requirement in visual art education -Research methods used in art education: quantitative and qualitative research models -Assignment -Developing a research proposal on a topic to be selected from visual art education and training problems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Qualitative research in visual arts education
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Reading55550
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)126
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
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PÇ-5
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
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3
4
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5
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4
5
OÇ-4
4
4
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4
5
OÇ-5
1
1
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026