Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to examine fine arts students’ attitudes towards art education based on some variables. The data were collected through the “Attitude Scale towards Art Education” developed by Ayaydın and Kurtuldu and “Personal Information Form” developed by the researcher. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of the 32-item-scale is .90. The research consists of 234 students in the Art Teaching and Music Education Department, Faculty of Education, Fine Arts Education, Adnan Menderes University in 2017-2018 academic year. In the study, a descriptive screening model was used. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Version 21. Since the data were not normally distributed, differences between the groups were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney U test for comparison of 2 groups and the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison of more than 2 groups. It was found that participants’ attitude scores significantly varied with their gender, grade level, department, mothers’ educational level, parents’ income level and their frequency of attending art events. On the other hand, their attitude towards art education did not significantly vary based on the type of high school they graduated from, fathers’ educational level, long-time neighborhood, employment status and whether or not receiving scholarship Key words: Art education, attitude, art teaching, music education.
Highlights
Art is a phenomenon from which people perceive the world aesthetically
The following results were obtained regarding the first sub-problem of the research, namely, the students‘ attitudes towards art education according to their gender: Total scores of students‘ attitudes towards art education and the scores in the subdimensions of the importance, necessity of art education and the reflection of art education to everyday life along with during and after art education process statistically varied in favor of females
The following results were collected regarding the second sub-problem of the research, the students‘ attitudes towards art education according to their grade: total scores of students‘ attitudes towards art education and the scores in the subdimensions of during and after art education process and socialization process in art education statistically varied
Summary
Art is a phenomenon from which people perceive the world aesthetically. Art can be recognized in every moment of a human life. Humans can see it in a morning breakfast plate or in their clothes (Brommer and Horn, 1985; as cited in: Mercin and Alakuş, 2007). Since the evolution of mankind, art has been defined in various ways. For Read, art ―provides a governing mechanism for life; without art, all living creatures lose their balance. They are faced with social and spiritual confusion‖ (as cited in Artut, 2001: 19). Art helps individuals to balance and organize their emotional world. Many people officially attend art classes in their first years at school
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