A Case Study of Gender Role Stereotypes of Adolescents through Video Art Appreciation

Abstract

Video art contains a variety of visual information to be explored and discussed in contemporary art classrooms, yet media materials used in some video work may explicit sexual content emerged as a powerful indicator of sexual attitudes and gender stereotypes; therefore, it would be important for art educators to think about what kind of video art should introduce to their students and understand how to connect the issue of gender stereotypes and innovation in pedagogy with video in art education. However, there has been a lack of study that combines gender-role stereotypes and video art. The literature is broad in both areas, but it seems to be not connected, especially for adolescents’ art education. This current study employed a qualitative case study tradition through interviewing four high school students in New York State with six different styles of video art. This study hoped to find the intersection of the two areas to enhance the teaching and learning environment for adolescents.