Painting: A Visual Symbol for Effective Teaching

Abstract

The quest to bring about learning is an integral part of education of the child; a lot of avenues have been explored seeking for possible ways of sustaining retention of learnt materials. However, enough attention has not been given to painting as instructional material for child education. Essentially, this research work is geared towards revealing to the classroom teacher or any other educationist the place of painting as a visual symbol for effective teaching. The study determined and highlighted the contributions of art generally to child education and the influence of painting in particular to teaching and learning of the child. It also reviewed some literatures of authors who had worked in the related area previously. The study also discussed step by step methods applied in the execution of the practical projects and as well presented an in depth analysis of practical display of the easel painting as an example of instructional material. Practical display which revolves around stealing and its consequences was used in the study; it was used to condemn the act of stealing and instil in the young ones, the moral value from the tender age. Finally, the study recommended among others the use of quality instructional material capable of explaining difficult concepts in visual forms by the teacher, since it is believed to promote attention span and retention.

Keywords: Visual Arts, Effective Teaching, Visual Symbol, Painting