Abstract
Art literacy refers to achieving artistic knowledge, evaluating this knowledge and integrating it with experiences. The aim of the study is to examine the ‘’art literacy’’ levels of the students attending the educational faculty in terms of grade level, gender, the fact that they love art books, the fact that they love doing research in library, frequency of reading books and the department they attend. The study group consisted of 585 students attending the educational faculty of Nigde Omer Halisdemir University in 2017-2018 academic year. The art literacy scale was used to collect the data of the study. At the end of the study, it was determined that art literacy levels of students were similar in terms of class level and gender. It was realized that the art literacy level of the students enjoying reading art books was higher than the students who did not like doing so. It was also found out that the art literacy level of the students enjoying doing research in the library was higher than the students who did not like doing research. Moreover, the art literacy level of students who read books on a daily basis was higher than the students who read one book in a month and those who did not read.
Highlights
The literacy refers to the capability of an individual to read and write by understanding short, simple expressions on the daily life (Keefe, E.B. & Copeland R.S. 2011)
According to the results obtained from the findings of this study, it was detected that art literacy level of the students were similar in terms of grade level and gender
When the criteria whether the students like reading art books was observed, it was realized that the art literacy levels of the students enjoying reading books were higher than the students who did not like reading books
Summary
The literacy refers to the capability of an individual to read and write by understanding short, simple expressions on the daily life (Keefe, E.B. & Copeland R.S. 2011). Art literacy is defined as the ability to contribute to and understand concrete issues involving visual arts (painting, drawing, pottery, etc.). “is a type of literacy that enables to establish an eclectic relationship between the international arts that may be indirectly accessed and the local arts that is directly perceived in the globalized world, to access the knowledge that can be needed in the professional and individual lives of the individuals who perform the arts as a profession. By this way, the individual may transfer the accessed information to the applications” (Yücetoker, 2014).
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