Theory & Approaches in Art Education

1. DBAE
Discipline-based
Art Education
Learning in and through Art…
Syamsul Nor Azlan Mohamad
Faculty of Education
Universiti Teknologi MARA

2. Discipline-based Art Education
(DBAE)
 An educational program formulated by the
J. Paul Getty Trust in the early 1980s.
 Supports emphasis on studio instruction
 Promotes education across four
disciplines within the arts: aesthetics, art
criticism, art history and art production.
 Retains a strong tie to studio instruction
with an emphasis on technique

3. Discipline-based Art Education
Objectives :
 To make arts education more parallel to
other academic disciplines.
 To create a standardized framework for
evaluation.
 It was developed specifically for grades K-
12 but has been instituted at other levels
of education.

4. Discipline-based Art Education
In DBAE
 Art should be taught by certified teachers
 Art education is for all students, not just
those who demonstrate talent in making
art.

5. Discipline-based Art Education
 An approach to curriculum that combines
experiences from four disciplines/field of
study in the study of art
 Art Production, Art Criticism, Art History,
Art Aesthetics
 Merges the disciplines instead of teaching
concepts from each discipline separately.

6. Discipline-based Art Education
These disciplines deal with:
 conceptions of the nature of art,
 bases for valuing and judging art,
 contexts in which art has been created,
 processes and techniques for creating art.

7. Art Production
 The making of art, and the various
components of making art.
 Such as use of tools, manipulation of
media, form and expression.
 Gives students the opportunity to create
works of art and use various media,
techniques, and computers.

8. Art Criticism
 The examination and discussion of style
 Formal principals of design
 Elements of art (in terms of color, line, perspective, texture,
and shading).
 Students will be able to make an informed judgment about
works of art.
 Acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to talk about
works of art.
 Learning the basic skills and knowledge necessary to
communicate in each art form.
 By learning the elements and principles of art, working with
various media, and evaluating master artists’ works students
develop and awareness of and appreciation for the
presence of art
 both within their classroom and in their everyday
experiences.

9. Art History
 It is not just "who made what when" .
 It is the history of objects.
 The history of people through art.
 Works of art provide a unique documentation of cultural
changes throughout history.
 Gives us insights into the past.
 Provide valuable insights and information about the
present.
 Students learn about art form various periods, styles,
and cultural groups.
 Student will understand diversity and have a global
understanding of the world.

10. Aesthetics
 The philosophy of art.
 What is art?
 What is good art?
 What is beauty?
 Students engage their brains, think about what they are
doing, learning, and feeling about their art and the art of
others.
 Studying art through aesthetic questioning, the answer is
not important.
 The act of working through the puzzle provided by the
question is extremely important.
 Students learn to value the works of art as they explore,
theorize and apply the principles of aesthetics and art
criticism to their own artwork and the artwork of others.

11. The goal of DBAE
 to develop students abilities to understand
and appreciate art.
 involves a knowledge of the theories and
contexts of art
 Involves abilities to respond to as well as
to create art.