Identification of Approaches in the Approved Objectives, The Syllabuses of Teacher Training, and National Program in Iran's Case

AbstractAs one of multiple forms of literacy, art can cause human to achieve knowledge and insight. This subject can be studied as to various visions or approaches to art education. In this integrative inquiry, approaches of art education were studied and the results showed that the dominant approach in the current approved objectives is visual culture vision and in both the curriculum and syllabuses of art teacher training programs is art production approach. In the NC, thinking disposition, aesthetic, and DBAE approaches have been considered. Knowledge-domains in the current approved objectives for art education more relates to knowing that, and knowing how is more obvious in the curriculum and syllabuses of art teacher training, while The NC contains several knowledge kindsand approaches