Title:
PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF INTEGRATED ARTS: A STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ARTS EDUCATION

Authors:
Ignatius Bambang Sugiharto, Yohanes Slamet Purwadi and Elvy Maria Manurung ,Indonesia

Abstract:
Most of the curriculum was dominated by technical reasoning and practical skills, by descriptive language and dogmatic logic. As a result, in essence, schools became nothing more than carpentry training. People often forgot that the core of education that foster the quality of humanity was actually heart of education. This research is aim to dig more about the role of art precisely as the rational ability that sharpens humanity. In order to find the right integrated arts design, this research is directed to explore and find answers to these questions, how do the people understand and what are the causes of the increasingly dissolving barriers in the field of art education? And to what extent is the community's perception of the significance of integrated arts? The study was conducted qualitative method using obsevation and interview. 255 participants from high school students in Java and outside Java in Indonesia have interviewed. The results were validated by several transcript of interviews with teacher and parents as tiangulation method. The results shows that although the concept of Integrated Arts was still new and not many people knew about it, but from the 255 respondents 28% expressed interest, 33% expressed interest to register, and 58% said they would consider it. The opinion of teachers and parents about Integrated Arts Program was also quite positive. They stated that they supported the continuous socialization of the Integrated Art concept, especially among high school students, so that the wrong mindset about art can be straightened out