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)Applicants submit their own research project proposal specialized in Art Education sugge
            which the topic should be handled. The research project must be sent together with the app

            Department of Science, Faculty of Education, Charles University.
            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).


            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:

            The applicant can get a maximum of ten points, the number of points for the admission to s
            at least seven points


            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@pedf.cuni.cz