The misleading belief about a completely free choice of a format as the first step in the art process is proven by an active use of the standard formats, not only in elementary school art classes, but also in creativity itself. In order to be aware and make people aware of nonstandard formats use, I built the concept of this master’s degree thesis, which reflects my own practical experience through all the years of making art, until the rational choice for more intensive realization of making use of all the format components.
Firstly, I define the term format in my thesis, then, I focus on the importance and role of the format, its characteristics and other theory starting points, connected to the format. A presentation of artists and stressing art works, designed on nonstandard formats, follows, as well as presentation and analysis of my own practical interpretations.
By carrying out a survey, I intended to check to what extend do students in art classes of lower secondary level of education use nonstandard formats. I also wanted to find out the reasons for nonstandard format disuse and whether students choose the format or is it assigned by teachers. Simultaneously, I intended to learn about students’ feedbacks on nonstandard format use.
In order to research, I used causal nonexperimental method and quantitative approach. A survey questionnaire served as measurement instrument. The sample included 113 teachers of art in Slovene elementary schools. Female teachers represented 80 % of the sample, whereas male teachers represented 20 % of it. Their working years add up to 20,9 years on average.
Research outcome proves the dominant use of A3 format in Slovene elementary school art classes. Economy is the main reason, stated for nonstandard formats not being used, somewhat smaller percent of the respondents blames time and space constraint. Even though A3 format use dominates, it has been shown that the use of nonstandard formats in art classes is not to be disregarded, as it has been confirmed by 98 % of the interviewed teachers. Art teachers agree that more frequent occurrence of nonstandard formats in realization of art projects would be a good motivation for students, and more interesting and unique art products would be the result.
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