Download or read book Eco-art Education written by Annette Saldana and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This capstone project examines the links between arts education and ecology. It explores the interconnections between visual arts and the environment to inspire curriculum design. Extensive research was examined as I explored the theme of eco-art and its place in and outside the classroom. A review of scholarly articles, magazines, books, newspapers, journals, and films led me to the discovery that art and ecology can be combined in order to create meaningful learning experiences that investigate the purposes of sustainability, identity, and social interaction. By implementing and documenting the process of eco-art making and participatory based art projects, I encouraged students to participate in activities that contributed to the betterment of local environments. The findings and data that I compiled throughout my study were used as a means to explore meaningful, relevant, and transformative eco-art education within the classroom and local community. I applied action research to my study so that I might further examine the implementation of an eco-art education curriculum. My observations involved advanced high school art students, local ecologists, and various members within the school community. I was able to compile data as I read and analyzed journal entries, drawings, notes, and survey/interview questions produced by students. I investigated the ways my students and community interacted and devised projects that encouraged reformation, teamwork, and environmental stewardship. My overall goal was to create a positive learning experience that would lead my students to become more conscious of interdependence, within both natural and social environments, through visual art education that focuses on ecological issues.