Long-term Effect of Aesthetic Education on Visual Awareness

TY - JOUR

T1 - Long-term Effect of Aesthetic Education on Visual Awareness

AU - Funch, Bjarne Sode

AU - Lidang, Louise

AU - Roald, Tone

AU - Wildt, Elisabeth

PY - 2012/12

Y1 - 2012/12

N2 - A class of fourth-graders (nine-to-ten-year-olds) was taught art appreciation one day a week during an entire school year. Three years later their performance in visual awareness was tested and compared to the performance of pupils of the same age from another class who had not received any particular education in art appreciation. The results show that the young people who participated in the educational program performed notably better in visual awareness than those who did not.

AB - A class of fourth-graders (nine-to-ten-year-olds) was taught art appreciation one day a week during an entire school year. Three years later their performance in visual awareness was tested and compared to the performance of pupils of the same age from another class who had not received any particular education in art appreciation. The results show that the young people who participated in the educational program performed notably better in visual awareness than those who did not.

U2 - 10.5406/jaesteduc.46.4.0096

DO - 10.5406/jaesteduc.46.4.0096

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0021-8510

VL - 46

SP - 96

EP - 108

JO - Journal of Aesthetic Education

JF - Journal of Aesthetic Education

IS - 4

ER -