Abstract:

In Turkey, where the art education program – which involves different approaches and models – cannot be put into practice effectively, there are numerous hurdles, having a negative impact on the implementation of the program. Although the art education program is indicated as a subject of priority and prominent as an inter-disciplinary branch, it cannot be implemented in its entirety. Inadequate physical conditions, attitudes of teachers, course hours not meeting implementation needs, approaches of the families and financial shortages are among the main problems. Starting from here, this study deals with “the family” and aims to determine the views of the families, regarding the visual arts course, on the basis of their socioeconomic and socio-cultural circumstances. The pool of the study contains 20 parents. “Information Forms” were used to determine their economic and cultural backgrounds and “Interview Forms” were prepared to ask their opinions about the visual arts course, in semi-structured interviews.

Conclusions derived from the findings were grouped into three sections as follows;
• Socioeconomic circumstances of the families and their views about the visual arts course
• Socio-cultural circumstances of the families and their views about the visual arts course,
• Views of the parents about the core curriculum and the visual arts course

Keywords:

Visual Arts, Art Education.