TY - JOUR AU - Szubielska, Magdalena PY - 2018/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Influence of Educational Workshops Held in a Gallery on the Reception of Abstract Contemporary Art by Primary Education Students JF - Przegląd Badań Edukacyjnych (Educational Studies Review) JA - PBE VL - 1 IS - 26 SE - Original research projects DO - 10.12775/PBE.2018.002 UR - https://apcz.umk.pl/PBE/article/view/PBE.2018.002 SP - 21-44 AB - <p>The article presents experimental research on the influence of a guided tour at an exhibition of contemporary abstract art on the aesthetic perception of the exhibition by primary school students. The study was conducted in a natural context of viewing art in a gallery where original works by a contemporary artist were presented during a temporary exhibition.  The independent variables in the study were: guided tour around the exhibition by a gallery employee (yes, no) and the age of the students (younger: M=7.77 years old, older: M=8.95 years old). For older students, an increased aesthetical preference after an informal educational workshop (guided tour) was discovered. Furthermore, a developing trend was established, that for older students in relation to younger students, a decrease in positive emotions caused by viewing art and a decrease in overall liking of the exhibition were observed. It was particularly apparent under control conditions when the students did not participate in the guided tour. The results obtained partially confirm the results of previous studies on art reception by a young audience, and partially contradict them. In the discussion section, the discrepancies are explained emphasizing the superiority of research conducted in exhibition spaces where a higher ecological accuracy of the obtained results is provided in comparison to research on aesthetic perception in laboratory conditions.</p> ER -