Art Education in Cyprus

Art and Design Education in the UK

This paper seeks to identify the philosophical origins of the teaching of art and design and subsequently trace its incorporation into a teaching program in the UK. It briefly discusses the nature of its classical ‘drawing’ background and the conflicts in the debate as to what ‘design’ means. It then goes on to identify the cultural and political context which shaped the institutions, such as A...

Educational Technology in Cyprus and Strategies for Higher Education

This paper provides an overview of the status of educational technology in Cyprus. Recent developments and efforts in technology integration in Cyprus public schools and public and private higher education institutions will be presented and discussed. The emphasis of the discussion will be on the vision for establishing Cyprus as a regional education centre with the use of distance learning tec...

New Media in Art Education

The goal of this paper is to present new media in the specialized visual art classroom (art education classroom). Flexibility, speed, availability, changeability of digital data is what makes new media necessary in the specialized visual art classroom. The media, considering the specific nature of the subject called visual art, can be divided in two types: learning media and articulation (creat...

Images, Art and Education

“Education with art”: diabetes education through theater

Materials and methods Longitudinal study, with the participation of 24 young people with diabetes type 1 (DM1) between 10-17 yrs. old. The acting classes are biweekly lasting, for 3 hrs., aiming to improve the expressions of feelings and at the same time the body language, as a way of working possible psychological barriers in the adherence to diabetes treatment. The program covers topics on di...