The Teaching of Art Related to the Home: Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economicsFallgatter, Florence
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The Teaching of Art Related to the Home: Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics
Fallgatter, Florence
Art -- Study and teaching; Home economics -- Study and teaching
It is anticipated that through the course in related art pupils will
have gained an ability to choose more suitably those materials and
articles of wearing apparel and of home furnishing which involve color
and design. It is through understanding certain fundamental principles
of art and using them that the everyday art problems can be more
adequately solved. The teacher is confronted with the question as to
how to develop most successfully this understanding and ability. Shall
she proceed from the stated principles to their application in solving
problems or shall she start with the problems and so direct their
solution that the important principles and generalizations are derived
in the process. The present trend in education is toward the second
procedure and in keeping with this trend, the elaboration of method
in this section is confined to the so-called problem-solving method.
When pupils have an opportunity to formulate their own conclusions in
solving problems and through the solution of many problems having an
identical element find a generalization or principle that serves as a
guide in other procedures, experience seems to indicate that they get
not only a clearer conception of the principle but are able also to
make greater subsequent use of it.
In their everyday experiences pupils are continually faced with the
necessity for making selections, combinations, and arrangements which
will be satisfying from the standpoint of color and design. Before they
can select wisely they need some standards upon which to base their
judgments and by which they can justify their decisions. Before they
can make satisfying arrangements and combinations of material they need
judgment skill in determining what to do. They also need principles
or standards by which they can determine how to proceed. Finally,
they need opportunity for practice so that they may become adept
in assembling articles and materials into pleasing and harmonious
groupings and arrangements.
The more experience pupils have in confronting and solving true-to-life
problems under the guidance of the teacher, the greater is the probability
that they will have acquired habits of thinking that will enable them
to solve successfully the many problems that they are continually forced
to meet in life.
It might be well to inquire at this point the meaning of the word
problem as used in this bulletin. According to Strebel and Morehart[21]--
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