ABSTRACT

In today’s classroom, however, courses in art history and theory have become a nuisance of students. First of all, in students’ point of view, college art students put great emphasis on the professional skill learning while ignore the learning of basic theories. At the same time, they may spend much of their time focusing on their professional learning and therefore fail to acquire a solid general knowledge, even with some students attending classes only for checking. Utilitarianism and hedonism are spreading among current college students, and the idea of the uselessness of study has been accepted by a few people. New technology gadgets are ubiquitous in classrooms and watching movies on mobile phones, playing games, and chatting online are commonly seen. If teachers still follow traditional teaching methods, with a cramming style and boring class, it will be difficult to attract students’ attention.