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ERIC Number: EJ734487
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Mar
Pages: 9
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
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Research Note: Promoting Intercultural Education through Art Education
Lopes da Silva, Joao; Villas-Boas, Maria Adelina
Intercultural Education, v17 n1 p95-103 Mar 2006
Taking UNESCO's proposal "learning how to live together" as a starting point, we examined to what extent visual education can be used as a tool to promote the aims of intercultural education. We analyzed the power of using artistic images from different cultures to change students' perception of cultural differences, thereby facilitating the development of attitudes of respect towards different ethnic/cultural groups. We also investigated to what extent this strategy could contribute to the integration of minority peers into a majority group. Students were assigned to either an experimental or a control group. The experimental treatment consisted of exposing students to several art object images associated with different cultures. Our measurement instrument was based on an adapted version of the "Draw-A-Person-Test," which we have called the "Draw-Two-Persons-Test." We also used a questionnaire to examine attitudes among subjects. (Contains 6 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
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