6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1017158ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
The unwillingness to include art as part of life is usually based on prejudices. A number of these prejudices are discussed in this course. These are framed in a history of thinking about arts education, flowing into an overview of current theories. In addition, special attention is paid to the museum as a powerful learning environment.
Practical examples and site visites are integrated to go from theory to practice. Different mediation methods are discussed, after which students themselves act as cultural mediators.
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The course aims to provide insigth into contemporary visual arts as an educational medium. Arts education is conceived within a scope that transcends "artful education", a component of social-cultural work which is fairly limited. Contrarily, the central question is: what can be the educational function of contemporary art as part of the transition towards adulthood. Contemporary arts provide a good basis for having substantive conversations. The starting point for the question of what art education is is: if art is to be a "means to", it must first be understood as an end in itself. This course also departs from the various art theories that approach this in varying ways. Students are not presumed to have prior knowledge of contemporary art. As a result, they often become test subjects themselves.
Learning results:
- The student can analyse practical examples based on theoretical frameworks and give feedback upon it based on solid arguments.
- The student can describe a whole range of cultural mediation methods, connected to a target group.
- The student can situate and clarify the most important authors and key theories in the field of visual arts education.
- The student can explain the role of the museum in the 21st century and its implications for the public.
- The student can design and mediate an arts education activity, tailored to a target group, in which the theories of visual arts education are applied.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Being absent on at least one of the obligatory exam parts results in 'absence' for the total score.
The student must pass on every exam part in order to pass this course. If the student fails one of the two parts, the student will receive 9/20 or the average score if lower. The partial grade of at least 10/20 in the first exam period can be transferred to the second exam period.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Abridged Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Abridged Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Behavioural Sciences: agogische wetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Adult Education: Profile Culturele Agogiek (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)