An Exhibition Design for Visual Art Education in Senior High Schools
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2018-11
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KNUST
Abstract
Exhibition is an aspect of Art education that cannot be underestimated at any level of
education. It is embedded in all the syllabi of every Visual Art subjects with all the
potential intention to equip students with the interest and the confidence to articulate
their works to their audiences in the course of their future career development. For
such reason, exhibition is meant to be taught and practised at school far long before
students graduate. This study sought to document and analyse the knowledge for
organising exhibition, propose and test an exhibition framework in TI Ahmadiyya
Senior High School and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School all in Kumasi
Metropolis, Ashanti Region, Ghana. The study adopted qualitative research method
with descriptive and action research methodologies to study the knowledge and
organisation of the exhibition in the selected schools. The various instruments used
included questionnaire, observation and interview to solicit for data. After collecting
data for analysis, exhibition model was created and tested through organising
exhibition for the students’ understudy. The exhibition model served as a scheme or
guide which engaged all participants who acted as artists, curators, audiences,
exhibition designer, planner and even security. The study discovered the various
reasons which became stumbling blocks for exhibition organisation in schools. Some
of these reasons are, lack of expertise among teachers, unawareness of exhibition
design, finances and discrimination of subject viability from school leadership.
Teachers associate exhibition with events such as Speech Day and Anniversaries
which seriously deny students the joy of displaying their works. The study
recommended adaptation of the exhibition model (BEDM) into the curriculum to
serve as a guide for organisation of exhibitions in Senior High Schools.
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A Thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Innovation in Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN ART EDUCATION