Vol. 4 - Higher education, arts and creativity
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Arts Education and Practical arts cognition as a Compulsory subject in the undergraduate curriculum
(2008)
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Open AccessCreativity, individuality, national identity, and the pursuit of freedom are some of our greatest cultural achievements. The cultivation of these values through the arts can be quite effective, and the implementation of ... -
Rural backgrounds and academic strategies: Higher education, the Music Department and the Indigenous Music and Oral History Project at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa
(2008)
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Open AccessHigher education at the Alice campus of the University of Fort Hare is a challenge, for the majority of the students come from rural villages, in which a traditional and above all oral culture determines the pivotal life. ... -
The Pedagogy of Creativity: Understanding higher order capability development in design and arts education
(2008)
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Open AccessThis paper address the question of ‘…what pedagogies are required … to establish an education that is grounded in complexity, with an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary character… that contributes to sustainable human ... -
La ciencia, la lógica y el arte como ejes del pensamiento analítico: el proyecto educativo GPEUX, 2002-2005, en la Universidad de Xalapa, México, y sus repercusiones académicas
(2008)
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Open AccessEl presente documento desarrolla una investigación retrospectiva del proyecto Grado Premium Elite de la Universidad de Xalapa (en adelante, G-PEUX), realizado entre mayo de 2002 y junio de 2005, en el cual se pusieron en ... -
‘Comprehensible by June’? Problems of interpretation of art in and as research in higher education in Ireland
(2008)
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Open AccessThe title of this paper is taken from an address by the former director of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin to graduating fine art students, in which he acknowledged the unique pressures that bear ... -
Fine arts in undergraduate education - a possible and effective approach
(2008)
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Open AccessThis communication tells experiences lived by Universidade Federal do Paraná, Coastal Sector, which adopted the Visual Arts as cross wind axe inside of the curricular proposals of its diverse courses of graduation, technical ...