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
The rocker needed a cushion. This I made of figured cretonne,
which blends nicely with the room. (Sample attached.)
On the floor I have two rag rugs which also have colors of blue,
red-orange, and tan.
My teacher came to visit my room one evening and gave me some
splendid ideas.
I shall add a homemade wardrobe for my clothes and put a low
shelf in it for my shoes. In front of the dormer window a table
will fit nicely. I am going to fix this table up with some books
supported by book ends, a simple box, and a blooming plant.
I will keep some simple and useful articles on my dresser.
All through this report there are many evidences that the pupil can
apply the principles of art successfully and also that she knows how
to obtain further information as needed. Another interesting feature
of this project is that the pupil did not consider this a finished
piece of work when her original plan had been completed. She saw other
possibilities for her room and was beginning to make plans for further
changes and additions in keeping with those that had been completed.
There is no better evidence of the success of art training than in
the effective use the girl makes of it in her home life. It may be
anticipated that a girl who has gone this far in improving a part of
the home will endeavor to make other desirable changes. To the extent
that the members of the entire family welcome the changes brought about
by the project and enjoy the results, the project may be considered
successful.
The success of art instruction may then be evaluated by--
1. Evidences in the classroom.
2. Evidences in the home.
3. Tests which call for judgment and creative thinking.
4. Home projects.
HOME PROJECTS
Home projects involving the use of art are to be encouraged, not only
as a device for measuring the results of teaching, but as a means of
stimulating applications of art in the home. Art training will function
in the immediate lives of the girls to the extent that successful
applications of it are made through the home projects. However, such
applications are not made without the ideal and therein lies the
importance of developing in girls ideals of having and creating beauty
that will be sufficiently deep seated not only to motivate but to carry
through pieces of work in their homes that will bring more beauty and
satisfaction to the families. Projects carried on in the home demand
more than a repetition of certain processes that have been learned in
school. They involve the bringing together of many principles and
processes, the exercising of judgment in determining which are needed,
and then the applications of these in the new situation. Thus the home
project is a creative piece of work.
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