Art Education












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            Characteristics of the Studies

            Contemporary field of Visual Art Education is embedded in the inquiry into social and cult
            of visualization (showing, imagining, and creating) understood as a specific feature of hu
            culture and general education. The study contributes to a deep understanding of creative t

            and teaching in the area of visual culture and new collaborative and educative functions o
            art.
            The programme of Visual Art Education as an integral part of the educational field of Art 

            has a great interdisciplinary potential. Graduates represent specialists not only in the a
            and fine arts, but also in research teams of pedagogy, special pedagogy, developmental psy

            and cultural studies, comparative cultural and pedagogical studies, visual semiotics, cogn
            aesthetics, visual theory and others.
            Entrance Examination

            1) Before the entrance examination the applicants submit their own doctoral thesis special
            Education suggesting ways in which the topic should be handled.
            2) During the entrance examination members of the committee evaluate quality of the projec

            assumptions of the applicant to meet the targets imposed by the project. The candidates de
            conceptual approach to technical difficulties, the depth and breadth of their orientation 
            practice of art, their ability to analyse literary sources (also in foreign languages). Pr

            topics in vocational standard 10 typed pages is accompanied by bibliography, a short abstr
            and key words (descriptors) that describe the content of the work.
            Candidates are admitted to study if they meet all admission requirements

            a) officially-verified certification of completed undergraduate degree (Master´s degree pr
            b) to pass an entrance examination, reach minimum number of point determined by the Dean,
            c) to meet any other requirements specified by a given field of study.

            Evaluation Criteria will be rated from 1 to 10 points, with a maximum score of 10 and a mi
            Graduate Profile
            The graduate becomes an expert competent in Visual Art and Education, prepared for their p

            effective research, educational and cultural activities. Creative work in the field of ref
            practice offers the graduates competences for independent or team research work concerning
            and synthesising art work with theoretical reflection. Doctoral graduates gain qualificati

            teachers and researchers at universities with visual art and art education programmes, and
            art. They may also work as art specialists at secondary or primary schools, general art sc
            and galleries, centres for further teacher education or Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) 

            cultural or other institutions with corresponding focus.
            Doc. PhDr. Marie Fulková, Ph.D.
            Supervisor of Doctoral Studies

            e-mail: marie.fulkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz [ MAIL "marie.fulkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz"]