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
I did not want my students to feel that art work was something to
be memorized until the course was over but a thing to be carried
through life. I was very much pleased with the results I obtained
from the class. The pupils responded to the idea that art could be
used in every phase of life even when it came to writing up
their daily lessons. They no longer thought of art as something
accomplished only by professional artists, nor the word as meaning
painting and drawing, but as the feeling or appreciation of things
beautiful in line, design, and color. By having them constantly put
into practice the art principles which they learned, by the end of
the art unit the pupils had enough confidence in themselves to back
up each choice that they made with a reason. I felt that this type
of a test was a true test of their art knowledge because it was
practical.
Immediately the question arises as to the source of materials to use in
such a test, for it is evident that those used as illustrative material
for developing or applying principles in class can not be reused in the
test.
For questions 1, 2, and 3 of the first part (p. 59) the materials used
may be borrowed from a store or solicited from interested friends. The
girls themselves may be asked in advance to bring in a scarf and some
dress accessory. Since the choice is confined to an article suited for
a particular garment that choice ceases to be a personal one, although
some pupil-owned garments and accessories are used. Drug stores, paint
shops, and drapery departments may be solicited for wall paper catalogues
and samples of fabrics. Some firms will send fair-sized samples or
swatches of material for class use.
In the second part of the test (pp. 60-62) magazine illustrations and
advertisements proved to be most usable. Illustrative materials have
long been recognized as having an important part to play in the teaching
of home economics. The possibilities of their use in testing the results
of teaching have not yet been fully appreciated. Further suggestions
on illustrative materials will be found in Section VI, page 75. The
objective type test also has its place in measuring results.[26]
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