An investigation into the standard of drawing in selected Senior High Schools in Bekwai Municipality, Ashanti Region
| dc.contributor.author | Morkeh, Robert Alu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-15T15:54:06Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-19T23:15:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-15T15:54:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-19T23:15:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Board of Postgraduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Art Education, | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Drawing is one of the topics that runs through the Visual Arts programmes outlined in the Senior High School syllabus. The approach of teaching drawing in our second cycle schools needs to be carefully looked at, as most teachers seem not to teach the students how to draw. Students cannot look at certain objects and draw them as they should be. This means that the “look and draw” approach as it is expected in observational drawing is gradually fading out in our schools. This creates a big challenge in the art profession. It is in this regard that the researcher deems it appropriate to investigate the standard of drawing in selected high schools to ascertain the core issues affecting drawing and suggest remedy to them. Some amount of literature relevant to the research was reviewed in relation to how other scholars expressed their views on the drawing problems. Relevant data on drawing were gathered by the use of descriptive and action methods of qualitative research mainly through observation, test, questionnaire, interviews by the researcher himself on students and teachers. Major findings were reviewed resulting from both positive and negative responses. These are: students’ inability to hold the tools appropriately in order to yield their full impact. Due to this, students found it difficult even to register their first marks or strokes. Also, students could not look at objects and draw them to perfection; again, shading was a major problem as students shaded without checking the effect of light on the object of their drawing. Finally Composition, perspective, and foreshortening posed a big challenge for students. With regards to the benefits that this innovation would bring to the development of manpower and the nation as a whole, the following recommendations are outlined for consideration: The issue about learning how to draw as an area under drawing must be given further attention. Curriculum planners or designers must concentrate on how to draw so as to ease the challenges in this area of study. Drawing teachers must adopt and use the findings of this study to improve the standard drawing in our schools. Also, Visual Arts students must welcome this study and practice unceasingly to improve their skills since drawing forms the basis of all visual arts activities. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/3984 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | An investigation into the standard of drawing in selected Senior High Schools in Bekwai Municipality, Ashanti Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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