Studying and Identifying the Improvement Indicators of Art Education Quality In Universities

Art education in universities is to lay the groundwork for training artists. The quality of the higher education of art has suffered from an increase in the number of students accepted in the universities, so that the facilities, equipment, the faculty members and the labor market for the graduated students of art have not been developed accordingly. Understanding the basic factors and elements which constitute art education in universities is necessary for improving its quality. Studying the various and complex aspects of the quality in the higher education of art needs qualitative methods. This study has been conducted to achieve the features and indicators that increase the quality of art education in universities. The present research has been done though a qualitative approach and the needed data has been gathered using semi-structured interviews in the four axes of humanitarian, educational, environmental factors and the structure of the educational system. Coding method was used in the analysis process. The analysis process involves the stages of interviewing with professors, transcribing the interviews, open coding and axial coding. The selected informers for this study consisted of 10 faculty members. The achieved results from the interviews showed that the indicators of improvement in the quality of art education in universities can be classified in four humanitarian, educational, environmental and educational system structure categories as well as 18 promotion criteria