TY - GEN
T1 - Discourse of design and art education
AU - Freimane, Aija
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Although design has its roots in arts education, in the context of economic crisis and the need to develop Creative Industries in Latvia, it was decided to re-profile 100 professional art teachers to design teachers in 2008. During 2009-2010 the new and innovative professional development continuing education training program for design teachers was developed where pedagogy was taught with diverse content and methods of design. The program was implemented in 2010/2011 as the first professional development design teachers' program in the Baltic's and Europe. This study discusses the development and implementation process of the first professional continuing education teachers' training program in design pedagogy, analyzes it in the context of education programs of children's art schools, and examines the benefits and shortcomings of the program from the point of view of 100 design ambassadors - newly-born design teachers. The study reflects broader outputs of the design teachers' educational program in the context of local communities and municipalities. Research results show correlation between art and design education at an early stage of children's arts and design learning.
AB - Although design has its roots in arts education, in the context of economic crisis and the need to develop Creative Industries in Latvia, it was decided to re-profile 100 professional art teachers to design teachers in 2008. During 2009-2010 the new and innovative professional development continuing education training program for design teachers was developed where pedagogy was taught with diverse content and methods of design. The program was implemented in 2010/2011 as the first professional development design teachers' program in the Baltic's and Europe. This study discusses the development and implementation process of the first professional continuing education teachers' training program in design pedagogy, analyzes it in the context of education programs of children's art schools, and examines the benefits and shortcomings of the program from the point of view of 100 design ambassadors - newly-born design teachers. The study reflects broader outputs of the design teachers' educational program in the context of local communities and municipalities. Research results show correlation between art and design education at an early stage of children's arts and design learning.
KW - Arts and design education
KW - Continuing professional education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84879644642
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84879644642
SN - 9781904670360
T3 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012
SP - 381
EP - 386
BT - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
T2 - 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012
Y2 - 6 September 2012 through 7 September 2012
ER -