Art Education in the Philippines

(a)   refers to the teaching and learning of the visual arts, i.e., drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.

It is characterized by a growing understanding of the desired philosophy for teaching art not only in the elementary grades, but also in high school and college, and an increasing practicality in the teaching of art.

• The Experimental Period ( 1915-1935)

• The New Movement (1935-1950)

• The Newer Movement (1950-Present)

Four broad categories identified as problems in Artistic Values.

• Teacher Issues , Art as a Subject, Student Discipline and Art as a Luxury

• Teacher Issues, Art as an Object, Student Discipline and Art as a Discipline

• Teacher Issues, Arts as a Subject, Student Workspaces and Art as a Luxury

• Teacher Issues, Art as an Object, Student Workspaces and Art as Luxury

Three Distinct Periods of Art Education.

• The Experimental Period (1910-1935), The New Movement Period (1938-1990) and The Newer Movement (1950-Present)

• The Experimental Period (1915-1935), The New Movement Period (1935-1950) and The Newer Movement (1950-Present)

• The Experimental Period (1910-1935), The New Movement Period (1935-1990) and The Newer Movement (1990-Present)

• The Experimental Period (1918-1935), The New Movement Period (1935-1990) and The Newer Movement (1900-Present)

Listed below are the benefits of Art Education EXCEPT one.

• Working in the Arts helps learners develop creative problem-solving skills.

• Visual arts teach learners about color, layout, perspective, and balance.

• Greater arts education leads to a number of disciplinary infractions and uneven attendance, graduation rates, and test scores.

• Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking and inventiveness.

The popular public view on art in the country is that it is a luxury - "Pangmayaman lang yan" - nice to have, but essential to the average working Filipino art.

• True

• False

During this time, Art Education was primarily drawing (it was literally called "Drawing" in the curriculum", where the students learned via imitation, and the instructional methods were "dull" and authoritarian.

• The Experimental Period ( 1915-1935)

• The New Movement ( 1935-1950)

• The Newer Movement (1950-Present)

Today, art education has been integrated into the Basic Education Curriculum under the Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health (MAPEH) subject, which receives 4 hours of instruction weekly from Grade 1 to 10 (Department of Education 2012).

• True

• False

It was in 1950 that "Drawing" became "Art Education" and when Pablo Picasso, an art professor at the Philippine Normal College, pioneered integrating art with other subjects in the curriculum.

• The Experimental Period

• The New Movement

• The Newer Movement

Art Educators in the country face an uphill battle as they navigate the educational system and its need to prioritize its resources -often in favor of the arts.

• True

• False