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
As has been suggested, many tangible evidences of the effectiveness of
art instruction may be observed and several of them can be noted in the
classroom. Others of equal or greater importance can not be measured in
the classroom, but can only be determined by the teacher as she visits
the home, supervises home projects, and participates with her pupils in
the life of the community. The home project has been an essential part
of the vocational program in home economics since the inauguration of
the vocational program in 1917-1918. It has afforded an opportunity
for extending the work of the classroom into the home and has
developed additional desirable abilities through practice under normal
conditions. The project carried on in the home has therefore been
considered a valuable educational procedure.
It is also a measure of results of teaching in that it shows how well
the girl is able to apply classroom training to actual situations that
arise in her project. Art can contribute to the success of many home
improvement and clothing projects. There has been a tendency in some
cases, however, for the pupil's interest in the actual manipulative
processes involved in the project to be so great that she lost sight
of the opportunities for the best applications of art.
In the home project "Redecorating my room," there is evidence that
the pupil has consciously applied art for the successful attainment
of it. This project, reported as follows, grew out of the unit in home
furnishing, which is recommended as an additional study following the
first general course in art related to the home.
_Name of project._--Redecorating my bedroom.
_Plan of project._--Since my bedroom must be repapered and painted,
I plan to make it as attractive as possible by following some
of the things we have had in our art work in home economics.
The plaster of the walls is not suitable for painting, so I will
select some light and cheerful colored paper with figures in warm
pastel shades.
The woodwork, which is a pea-green color, is quite dull and cool
for a north room and needs brightening up, so instead of having
the same color again, I will paint it a light cream or ivory.
A dark-yellow paint covers the floor, which is quite worn in some
places. I do not like this color, so my plan is to use either light
brown or tan, at least something darker than the walls, as I want
the floors darkest, the walls next, and the ceiling the lightest.
To make the furniture, which is now varnished, blend with the color
of the woodwork and floor, it too will have to be painted a color
lighter than the floor or darker than the woodwork.
In place of white tie-back curtains, deep cream or some other color
darker than the white will be more suitable with plain-colored
draperies, as they will blend with the ivory woodwork and enameled
furniture.
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