Understanding Arts and Arts Education (Theory) Block : Art Education

4.0 INTRODUCTION
In the previous chapters, you have learnt about the significance and importance
of art education both visual and performing art. The wide arena of performing
art is both a challenge and treasure for all of us to impart to the next generation.
It covers specific art forms like Music, Dance, Drama, Puppetry, Painting,
Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Collage, Puppet Making, Photography Poem
recitation etc. and also areas like social sciences, Mathematics, aesthetics,
literature. It is like an ocean and taking just a few dips will give pearls of
knowledge to the learner and educator. The methods applied for implementation
have been studied by you and now we would like to proceed further.

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Planning and Organization of Art Education
Block 1 : Art Education
Notes
It has to be accepted that the child has an inborn desire to express .This natural
instinct is pampered when the child in early years is given a medium e.g. paper,
colours, movement, songs, dialogue etc. The expression immediately transposes
to varied styles or forms in performing and visual art. The support, knowledge,
enthusiasm and encouragement provided by the teacher help immensely in the
learning process.
Hence planning and organisation with appropriate techniques are required. A
teacher should be able to plan and organize issues related to Art Education. This
will incorporate, knowledge about different methods and material, its availability,
maintenance and process of facilitation in the case of visual arts. In performing
art methods of different ways of doing art forms have to be implemented,
availability and arrangement of space, time, costumes, props etc have to be planned
.The total exercise requires a little pre planning to get the best outcome.