Recycling solid waste materials to develop instructional resources for art education

Rita Yeboah, Eric Appau Asante, Nana Afia Opoku-Asare

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to explore waste materials and turn them into appropriate instructional resources for teaching art lessons in Ghana. This was necessary because primary, junior and senior high school art teachers in Ghana mostly teach their lessons without using instructional resources because of non-provision of instructional resources by the government. The study adopted the exploratory and descriptive research methods to carry out the study. Paper, fabric and plastic waste materials were selected and worked with. The research found that waste materials can be recycled to create appropriate and useful instructional resources that are very practical for teaching and learning of art lessons. This research projects to art teachers that they can freely turn collected waste materials into very useful instructional resources which they can use to teach effective lessons to help their students understand what they taught well and easily.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-215
Number of pages23
JournalInternational Journal of Education Through Art
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Art education
  • Instructional resources
  • Local materials
  • Recycling
  • Teaching and learning
  • Waste materials

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