Arts and Crafts Education in Ghana Promotes Local Culture
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Ghana, Seni visual, kurikulum nasionalAbstract
Situated on Africa's west coast, Ghana is a sub-Saharan nation. About 25 million people are thought to live there. The nation's economy, which has its roots in farming historically, is centered on agriculture, which employs over 40% of the working population. Additionally, they share similar handicrafts done in several places, like woodcarving and basket weaving. Visual art created by Ghanaian indigenous people is thought to have had ceremonial, recreational, therapeutic, and communication purposes. Teaching Ghanaian basic school kids the traditional arts and timeless artistic concepts is the main goal of this curriculum research project. Based on information gathered from a poll of specialists in Ghanaian traditional arts and art history, it was created.The project's framework was developed using qualitative data. Overall, the initial qualitative survey's results showed that not much is known about Ghana's traditional arts. Everyone who answered the question about significant or distinctive works of art that have shaped Ghanaians' identities agreed that there are distinct works of art that have shaped Ghanaians. The described artworks included stools, akuaba dolls, wood and terracotta sculptures, kente weaving, pottery, basketry, wood carving, leather work, linguist staff, and royal regalia. Every participant hopes to see a national curriculum shift in the methods of assessment utilized to evaluate learning outcomes and student performance
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