A transition of the Greek educational system towards visual literacy: A study of the New Curricula of Visual Arts
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The purpose of this article is to highlight the relevance of visual arts to visual literacy as well as its multiple links to other subjects, such as science and language. In order to achieve this, a bibliographical research was conducted on the use of the term 'visual literacy' in the new curricula for visual arts in primary and secondary education, and an attempt was made to identify implicit references to the term in the curricula of other subjects. In addition, this text provides a historical overview of visual arts education in modern Greece since its inception, as well as the development of visual arts education in primary schools from 1995 to the present. It is important to note that the term 'visual' in English can be translated into two different terms in Greek: 'visual' which pertains to the visual arts, and 'optical' which refers to anything perceived through vision. New curricula intertwine these two terms in a constant conversation between art and everyday life.
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Rapanaki, M., & Sidiropoulou, M. (2024). A transition of the Greek educational system towards visual literacy: A study of the New Curricula of Visual Arts. Hellenic Journal of Research in Education, 13(2), 156–168. https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.37392
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