Date of Award
8-2013
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Art
First Advisor
Dr. Christina D. Chin
Second Advisor
Dr. William Charland
Third Advisor
Jeffrey Abshear
Keywords
art, writing, curriculum, elementary, projects
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The problem that I researched in today’s art education world is how to correlate elementary art curricula with writing curricula. To investigate this issue I field tested a curriculum module that reflects the contemporary issues of writing in art education. The curriculum module under investigation has been designed to correlate my 5th grade fine arts curriculum with the homeroom teacher’s 5th grade language arts curriculum.
During this study I worked with 56 fifth grade students and incorporated four writing projects into their fine arts curriculum: a Character Exploration project, a Black-out poetry project, a surrealistic textured paper collage project, and a Picture Writing with famous artworks assignment.
I found that students demonstrated a high level of ownership in their work. It was interesting to see students describe their work through creative writing. Students thought creatively while producing their artwork, as well as through their writing pieces.
Recommended Citation
Beningo, Mary A., "Elementary Art and Writing" (2013). Masters Theses. 172.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/172