Abstract:

In this research, the art of fashion design education in undergraduate programs in Turkey, courses offered in the program, graduates and expert opinions in the context of the evaluation is intended to develop recommendations for the training. For this purpose, the art education courses offered in the program of 30 universities that offer education at the undergraduate fashion design level have been examined and with the graduate opinion form applied to fashion design graduates, the competencies required by their job positions, the state of acquiring these competencies in the art education they have received, what are the art education courses that are effective in gaining the competencies and their content what should be questions were answered. 35 graduates were reached at the undergraduate level in receiving the opinions of the graduates. In line with the findings obtained from fashion design art education course reviews and graduate opinions, an expert opinion form was developed and opinions of twenty-four experts from twelve universities were obtained. With the findings obtained from the opinions of the graduates and experts, suggestions regarding art education were developed. The research is a study in survey model and mixed research design. In analyzing the research data, descriptive statistics on the basis of frequency, percentage distribution and multiple response analysis were applied to the data collected with the measurement form. In the study conducted within the framework of curriculum, graduate and expert opinion, it is concluded that the current arts education courses are seen as incomplete, especially on the basis of practice and activities. The recommendations made for the field of art education in fashion design are important in terms of increasing the quality and success of students in education, reaching the quality of employment that the sector sought, and providing data to the lecturer.

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