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Beyond Walls: A Study of Nature Based Art Education
Author Info
Ciborek, Beth
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247941239
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2009, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine the effectiveness and impact of Nature-Based Art Teaching. While recently there has been a great deal of literature made available concerning Nature Based learning in general education, very little research exists in the area of Nature Based Arts Education. It was my goal to provide awareness of the research that already exists and at the same time bring the ideas from the field of general education into focus enabling their usefulness for art educators today. With the realm of visual culture receiving heavy attention presently and throughout the past ten years, it is my intention to expand this and veer our direction a bit in order to include the complete sensory experience of the natural environment in the K-12 art curriculum. It is very much ingrained in the minds of teachers and students that school is an indoor event. It is my goal to advance knowledge and provide inspiration that will lead educators to expand their curricular choices in order to adopt the outdoors; to provide that inner to outer bridge. With this curriculum expansion there also is great potential to increase interdisciplinary relationships. Nature-Based Art Education is important for the field of art education in order to help children form a positive relationship with the natural world that will lead to reverence for the natural world and eventually actions that will help preserve the environment.
Committee
Linda Hoeptner Poling, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Koon-Hwee Kan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Janice Lessman-Moss, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
Art Education
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Earth
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Ecology
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Education
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Environmental Science
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Fine Arts
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Teacher Education
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Teaching
Keywords
art education and nature
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environmental art education
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art
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art education
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outdoor art education
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nature based art education
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Ciborek, B. (2009).
Beyond Walls: A Study of Nature Based Art Education
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247941239
APA Style (7th edition)
Ciborek, Beth.
Beyond Walls: A Study of Nature Based Art Education.
2009. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247941239.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Ciborek, Beth. "Beyond Walls: A Study of Nature Based Art Education." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247941239
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.