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PAGS 6112 ART EDUCATION RESEARCH 3 CREDITS

Synopsis

The course aims to provide students with knowledge on methods and methodologies, and skills for
conducting contemporary research in art education. Important contents include discussions and examination of
research methods that are commonly used to study aspects in the field of art education. The student will engage
in a minor research project using a method of his/her choice to study issues relevant to art teaching or student
learning in an educational context.

Assesment Method : Continuous assessment (Assignments; small scale research;
presentations): 70%, Exam: 30%

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Creswell, John W. (2005). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and
qualitative research (2 Ed.). Upper Saddle Valley: Prentice Hall.
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Sullivan, G. (2005). Art practice as research. London: SAGE Publications
Leeuwen, Theo van , & Jewitt, Carey. (2001). Handbook of visual analysis. London: SAGE Publications.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Marrison, K. (2000). Research methods in education (5 Ed.). London: Routledge
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Falmer.

PAGS 6113 ARTS EDUCATION CURRICULUM DESIGN 3 CREDITS

Synopsis

This course explores the historical and contemporary perspectives of children‟s artistic development.
The aims, among which, are to examine the relationships between children‟s intellectual growth, creative ability
and making art responses. Among the main topics discussed are history and theories of children‟s art,
characteristics and development of children‟s strategies in art, and children as art critics.

Assesment Method : Continuous assessment (Assignments; small scale research;
presentations): 70%, Exam: 30%

Medium of Instruction : Malay and English Language

Main References
Schiller, W. (2000) (ed.). Thinking through the arts. Singapore: Harwood Academic Publishers
Cox, M. (1992). Children’s drawings. London: Penguin Books
Golomb, C. (1992). The child’s creation of pictorial world. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press

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