Combining Anderson's Model in the Teaching of Art Appreciation for Undergraduate Students

Volume 13 Issue 3 October - December 2016

Research Paper

Combining Anderson's Model in the Teaching of Art Appreciation for Undergraduate Students

Maithreyi Subramaniam*, Ruzaika Omar Basaree**, Jaffri Hanafi***, Abu Talib Putih****

* Lecturer, Department of Multimedia Design and Animation, University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.

** Senior Lecturer, Cultural Center, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

*** Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

**** Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Subramaniam,M., Basaree,R.O., Hanafi,J.,and Putih, A.T. (2016). Combining Anderson's Model in the Teaching of Art Appreciation for Undergraduate Students. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 13(3), 18-27. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.13.3.8317

Abstract

This study utilized 33 students taking creative communication design 3 in the third year of the graphic design and multimedia program, using an Anderson's model in teaching art appreciation. The quantitative research design and procedures were employed in this study. An experimental research using the quasi-experimental design, a single-group interrupted time series-design was used to examine a group of students' achievement. The research was conducted at the researcher's university, a private higher learning institution. In collecting the data, two instruments were used, namely the new teaching module and three sets questions of tests. The descriptive statistics made use of means and standard deviations to determine students' achievements and inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient to study the relationship between the students' three sets questions of test scores and studio art production scores. The findings exhibited that the 33 students tested have exhibited a moderate developmental progression in their three sets questions of tests. In terms of studio art production, students were able to make the appreciation of artwork with a better understanding. Generally, the correlation between students' test scores and studio art production scores exhibited students have gained a reasonable amount of knowledge through the new teaching module. The effectiveness of the teaching module using Anderson's model exhibited students' good understanding and its ability to foster implementation in cognitive knowledge both in their tests and studio art production.