Service-learning through Art Education

South African Journal of Childhood Education

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Service-learning through Art Education
 
Creator Westraadt, Georina
 
Subject Education Art Education; Curriculum Studies; holistic development; service-learning; teaching practice Art Education; Service Learning; Curriculum Studies
Description Intermediate Phase students in the Bachelor of Education programme who elect art as one of their majors often experience problems in the teaching of art at schools during teaching practice. To overcome this problem, a service-learning project was designed by which students were granted the opportunity to teach art to children from a children’s home. This project proved to be a valuable component in curriculum studies in the fourth year of Art Education. To determine in which way and to what extent art lessons contribute to the development of children and students, a case study was conducted. Data were obtained from studying their conduct and the results of their work. Additional data were drawn from interviews with caregivers at the home and discussions with children to determine to what extent art classes had an effect on their lives. Student evaluations and interviews upon completion of the project provided data which emphasised the reciprocal nature of this service-learning project. Considering the data, inferences can be drawn about the value of service-learning to learners and students, accompanied with suggestions for the future development of the project.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor CPUT Service Learning and Community Engagement unit
Date 2018-07-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Case study
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajce.v8i1.511
 
Source South African Journal of Childhood Education; Vol 8, No 1 (2018); 8 pages 2223-7682 2223-7674
 
Language eng
 
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https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/511/741 https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/511/739 https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/511/740 https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/511/738
 
Coverage - - Primary school learners; pre-service teachers
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Georina Westraadt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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