Abstract:
In art education, printmaking is one area that mostly deals with toxic materials that are hazardous to human health. This study investigated printmaking instructor awareness of hazardous printmaking materials. A questionnaire was designed for printmaking instructors and was mailed to 20 instructors from the non-toxic printmaking programs and 20 instructors from traditional printmaking programs. The questionnaire sought information on demographic characteristics of respondents and the awareness of instructors of the hazardous nature of printmaking materials. A total of 23 printmaking instructors responded to the survey instrument. The sample was drawn from 10 liberal arts colleges and universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada (5 universities for the safe printmaking program and 5 for the traditional program). Information collected from the questionnaire was coded and entered into a computer for statistical analysis using the SPSS program. It was found that all printmaking instructors in both traditional and non-toxic programs were highly aware of the health effects of toxic printmaking materials and the T-test analysis indicated no significant difference in the awareness between instructors in either program. This indicated that much emphasis was put on awareness of the hazards of art materials in all types of art programs among instructors.
Page(s):
152-156
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Journal of Pharmacology, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Year: 2005