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Art in Action: Traditional Art Appreciation Moves Into Active Learning

The 21st century age of information has arrived and many higher education faculty instructors are still stuck in the 20th century, age of industrialism. However, twelve years ago a small south Texas community college was consciously founded upon active-learning student-centered models of teaching. In accordance with the college plan, all incoming faculty hired had to be willing to change their traditional professor persona and move away from lectures. This qualitative phenomenological study looks at how the art appreciation teachers in this college made the transition from the traditional slides and lecture format to a student-centered active learning teaching environment. The interviewed volunteers consisted of all different ages, ethnicities, levels of teaching experience and who were hired on at different times - thus ensuring a rich cross selection of change experiences to explore.

Scientific studies based on human learning are leading institutions and
instructors toward a more active learning environment. As Meier (2000) notes, “
Training for The Learning Age is characterized by total learner involvement,
genuine ...