Visual Culture in the Context of Turkey: Perceptions of Visual Culture in Turkish Pre-Service Art Teacher Preparation Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Visual Culture in the Context of Turkey: Perceptions of Visual Culture in Turkish Pre-Service Art Teacher Preparation

Creator

  • Author: Balkir, Nur
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Chanda, Jacqueline
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Bain, Christina Bittel
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Chair: Jack Davis,
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Co-Major Professor

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2009-05
  • Digitized: 2009-10-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This study explored the state of art education in Turkey as revealed by pre-service art education university instructors, and the potential of incorporating visual culture studies in pre-service art education in Turkey. The instructors' ideas about visual culture, and popular culture, the impact it might have, the content (objects), and the practices within the context of Turkey were examined. Visual culture was examined from an art education perspective that focuses on a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the perception and critique of popular culture and everyday cultural experiences, and the analysis of media including television programs, computer games, Internet sites, and advertisements. A phenomenological human science approach was employed in order to develop a description of the perception of visual culture in pre-service art education in Turkey as lived by the participants. In-person interviews were used to collect the data from a purposive sample of 8 faculty members who offered undergraduate and graduate art education pedagogy, art history, and studio courses within four-year public universities. This empirical approach sought to obtain comprehensive descriptions of an experience through semi-structural interviews. These interviews employed open-ended questions to gather information about the following: their educational and professional background; their definitions of art education and art teacher education and what it means for them to teach pre-service art education; critical reflections on the educational system of Turkey; perceptions of visual and popular culture; and finally individual approaches to teaching art education. This study was conducted for the purpose of benefiting pre-service art teacher education in general and specifically in Turkey. It provided the rationale, the nature, and pedagogy of visual culture as well as the why and how of visual culture art education in the context of Turkey. Furthermore, it provided insights into the potential contribution of the concept of visual culture to the understanding of art and improvement of art teacher training in the context of Turkey.

Subject

  • Keyword: Turkey
  • Keyword: art teacher education
  • Keyword: Art education
  • Keyword: visual culture
  • Keyword: visual culture art education
  • Keyword: fine arts
  • Keyword: art
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art -- Study and teaching -- Turkey.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art teachers -- Training of -- Turkey.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Turkey.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art and society -- Turkey.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Student teachers -- Turkey.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Balkir, Nur
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 457779198
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3799072
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc9935

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Art Education
  • Academic Department: Department of Art Education and Art History
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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