There have been many studies that show the power of the Visual Culture Art Education (VCAE) approach in encouraging critical and creative thinking skills, but most of them are conducted in universities and are still rarely conducted at the elementary school level.
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The Visual Culture Art Education (VCAE) approach in elementary schools is valuable for fostering critical thinking, creativity, and cultural awareness by engaging students with everyday visual media, not just traditional art forms. It empowers young learners to analyze and interpret the images that shape their world, making art education more relevant and inclusive.
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Certainly, there are fundamental elements of VCAE that are already included in elementary schools curricula. Visual media are being used in primary schools for many subjects or topics, including those oriented in culture. Of course all these are used for the promotion of skills such as critical thinking. Inquiry-based teaching is highly promoted in elementary schools too.
Perhaps it is now an issue of designing activities, syllabi or curricula that focus directly and specifically in VCAE.
I see no reason why it can't happen.
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