This article examines the history of art education in Turkey. Since the beginning, the purposes of the arts and art education have been a point of discussion by various authorities. Whether art education should be taught, and how it needs to be taught, have been at the forefront of educationalists' minds. As a result, introducing certain models of…

Purpose: Conducting contemporary art lessons with a traditional art history view and a chronological approach leads to misinterpretations - and even to prejudices - of contemporary art as it is not progressing chronologically, cannot be assessed within specific stylistic forms and defined with strict lines, unlike previous traditional art…

Discusses the curriculum model developed by the Art Team, a part of the International Project Division at Arizona State University, that provided technical advice on preservice training for art teachers in Turkey. Provides an example of the model's success in which the students used exploratory art criticism to examine a tapestry. (CMK)