Visual Art Education for Blind Persons: Psychological Perspective

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Darja Kobal Grum
University of Ljubljana, Department of Psychology, Slovenia
Bojan Grum
European Faculty of Law, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

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The interest in research on perception of art in blind persons is represented in psychology through research on perceptual and cognitive processes. Psychology of perception enabled the understanding of interactions between the individual senses and highlighted the importance of touch, and the cognitive psychology pointed on the incentives from the environment, which are essential for the development and reorganization of operation of human brain and demonstrated the role of the cognitive processes. Taking into account modern inclusive approaches in the education of blind persons, can be created conditions for the development of skills for the perception of art, which are immanent to every blind person. Among the key conditions the contribution recognizes so-called active involvement of blind persons in direct gallery environment, which in this context takes over an educational role.      

 

Keywords: blind persons; the perception of art; perception; cognition; gallery environment

 

 

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Grum, D. K., & Grum, B. (2016). Visual Art Education for Blind Persons: Psychological Perspective. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(4). Retrieved from https://un-pub.eu/ojs/index.php/pntsbs/article/view/1147 (Original work published January 12, 2017)
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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2016): Selected Papers of 4th International Conference on Education ICED-2015
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