This article focuses on developing the idea process in visual art education by using digital peer feedback. In the school subject visual art, the visual idea process, e.g. when students sketch their ideas, is an important phase in a project. When an idea takes form, there is the possibility for considering the idea in a new way, for others to…

This study focuses on supporting the key competences of 6th graders using an empathy-centred approach in visual art classes. The research represents the third cycle of pedagogical action research conducted during a 35-academic-hour course with 70 middle school students aged 12-13 in an Estonian comprehensive school. The data were collected through…

This study focuses on students' spatial relationships within the context of place-based education. The research was designed as a holistic single-case design and was conducted with 15 students aged 10-11, who were studying in the 5th grade at a middle school in Eskisehir, Turkey. Criterion sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods, was used…

STEAM is a concept that is made up of the initials of the words science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of STEAM-based teaching activities on students' lesson achievements and attitudes in secondary school Visual Arts lessons. The study was carried out in a private secondary school…

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between secondary school students' visual creativity in art and their attitudes towards graphic design. The relational research model, one of the quantitative research designs, was used in the study. Two different data collection tools were used to obtain data. In the study, "visual…

This study is an aesthetic inquiry, as part of a middle school visual arts class, from the standpoint of Maxine Greene's aesthetic perspective in education. By adopting Maxine Greene's perspective, affective learning comes to the fore along with cognitive learning, and accentuates multiple realities through the imagination through the research…

As educators, we are becoming increasingly aware that delivering effective education will likely change after the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, we have an opportunity to frame teaching differently and bring innovation to the forefront. In doing so, educators explored online tools and creative ways to connect with students and found new ways…

Project-based learning in visual arts lesson is an effective method to develop students' creativity, self-confidence and learning skills. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of project-based learning method applied in 7th grade visual arts lesson on lesson outcomes and attitudes compared to traditional teaching. The study was conducted…

Background: Visual perception and observational skills are an essential part of Visual Arts education, through which young learners, in the primary school, acquire important and necessary skills to create artworks during their creative projects. These skills provide learners in the primary school the opportunity to overcome their self-imposed…

Creative classroom climate has an impact on the development of gifted students, but there is still not enough empirical evidence to support this hypothesis. The purpose of this study was to examine how elementary school students, aged 11 to 14 years, experience a creative environment in different educational settings. Specifically, the aim of the…

Statement of Purpose and Method of Study: This non-experimental descriptive study compared the behavior and academic performance of students in grades sixth, seventh, and eighth enrolled at Urban Academy. This study compared the academic performance and behavior of students who were randomly assigned to a visual arts course with the academic…

For the past 10 years, Creative Classrooms has partnered with schools to develop learner-centered visual arts programs for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. This program is part of the Children's Arts Guild, a New York City nonprofit. The program works with schools to train art educators through monthly professional development…

Effective arts learning requires the development of important literacies. While investigation of discipline-specific literacies has filtered the literature, it is unclear if these literacies are acknowledged, understood, and/or taught. In this paper, we share the classroom discourse of two arts teachers in early and middle years across visual art…

Art classrooms and museums are places where teachers and students talk about artworks. However, there is a lack of empirical research into dialogue--the most basic component of classroom teaching and the most used education strategy in museums. I investigated the development and experimentation of a dialogue-and-questioning framework for art…

Picture books discussed with pupils in primary school are considered multimodal texts, as they combine at least two communication codes (verbal and visual). A discussion involving picture books will normally be included in Slovenian language lessons, with pupils focussing mostly on the text. The visual aspect, which equally carries a message, is…