This document discusses the important roles of contemporary art in art education. It begins by defining contemporary art as art from the late 20th century onward that includes postmodern styles and reflects current social and cultural issues. Contemporary art is seen as having the potential to contribute to students' cultural identity development, social awareness, and learning through experience rather than rigid outcomes. The document then states that the research aims to identify the important roles of contemporary art in art education, investigate how students develop understanding of contemporary art styles, and identify effective ways to teach contemporary art.

1. Important Roles Of Contemporary Art In Art Education
Thahirah Abd Rahman

2. Table of Contents
Chapter 1 ...........................................................................................................3
1.1 Introduction................................................................................................3
1.2 Statement Of The Research........................................................................4
1.3 Research Objective ....................................................................................5
1.4 Research Question ......................................................................................5

3. Chapter 1
1.1 Introduction
Contemporary and modern are synonyms, recently it's develops and
includes from postmodern art , and as successor to modern art in history who
existed in the late twentieth century art. In year 1910, the contemporary art
society was founded in London, but could no longer be described as
contemporary, because the real definition of what is contemporary is naturally
always on the move forward.
Development of cultural identity is the one of main point a contemporary
art practices who has potential to make a important contribution to the social
content, curriculum and student's learning. The art of today, contemporary art
provides an opportunity to reflect on society and the issues relevant to ourselves
and also the world around us.
Art education is different to other ways off learning and teaching because
it's about experience rather than outcomes, self awareness, imagination rather
than logic and collaboration rather than competition. Although that, creativity is
a way of thinking and being of finding and a new relationship between ideas or
indeed of having new ideas. In art education, creativity is most often linked to
the art: the arts are perceived as expression of creativity(Atherton,2011)

4. In art education, contemporary art is a new thing of teaching and learning in
our society places an important role in art school . Most of teachers understand
the content of contemporary art with social issues and cultural, whereas with
other art forms you can understand by with telling and showing, but with
contemporary art you have to question the ideas, that's classification of
"contemporary art" as a special type of art.
1.2 Statement Of The Research
What is contemporary art? it's always on my mind as one of art student in
year 2010, who's do not understand the real term of contemporary art in our
studies, nowadays important role of contemporary art increasing because of
many artist in Malaysia used this art style and becoming more popular in this
era, with a new style of artwork was produced but it's make student can't
understand what's their idea and content.
Contemporary art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods,
concepts and subjects that challenge traditional concept who has easy definition
of art styles.
However, in the art education, contemporary art is a new challenging to a
teachers need to investigate how teachers and learners develop with
contemporary art practices in school of art and try to explore the ways in

5. teaching, learning and communication method take important place and based
from their own experiences.
1.3 Research Objective
The research objectives of this study are:
i. To identify important role of contemporary art in art education
ii. To investigate how students develop with contemporary art
iii. To identify ways of teaching in contemporary art
1.4 Research Question
The research questions of this study are:
i. What is the important role of contemporary art in art education
ii. What is level of student's knowledge of contemporary art
iii. What is best ways to teaching in contemporary art