Fine Art for Secondary Schools – Full Notes
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Art teachers can leverage their network of industry professionals to invite guests to give lectures on their experiences in the art world and how they have built their own careers. Teachers can offer guidance regarding the topics that will be most useful for their students and should also provide time for students to ask questions.
Art educators should maintain relationships with local organizations that regularly offer internship opportunities to art students. Some of these organizations include galleries, museums, design studios, photography studios, art conservation groups and even performance art companies.
Additionally, art schools and educators can create listings for their students to advertise their services for freelance work that could help them gain real-world business experience and a professional portfolio.
However vision 2020 of the late President Yar Adua which was also adopted by the present administration, must as a matter of urgency be connected to the mainstream of the global socio-economic aspiration in order to reposition Nigeria to be able to tackle the challenges of unemployment as well as take advantage of promising opportunities in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The You Win Nigeria of President Goodluck Jonathan focuses on the provision of jobs through the development of small scale entrepreneurship scheme while the first phase targeted the youths the second phase is focused on carrying the women along. Indeed the educational sector has a role to play in achieving Vision 2020 in Nigeria. If this is done correctly, the future of Nigeria as a country will not only be secured, education will also be used to enhance job and wealth creation.
Nigerian schools at all the levels therefore must demonstrate a commitment to the development of basic skills, and the entrepreneurial skills and values needed to achieve and sustain economic goals. Education remains at the core of national stability and security. It is also an instrument for political and economic growth and development (Abdullahi 2007). The role of education in providing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for Nigeria’s vision 2020 as it relates to tackling the problem of unemployment would require a well-articulated and functional entrepreneurship education. Presently, there is a strong recognition that development and poverty reduction should be closely tied to job creation through self-employment. Fine and Applied Arts education can play an important part in this regard. If the rudiments of art are properly manipulated, it has the capability to fend for the youths’ interest as well as providing capable hands to viable sectors of the national Economy thereby creating stable and sustainable economy
