Makeup is the art of applying cosmetics to the human body such that it requires artistic skills and understanding of both human body and client management as well. Generally, makeup-related departments in most junior colleges have a two years`` course...
Makeup is the art of applying cosmetics to the human body such that it requires artistic skills and understanding of both human body and client management as well. Generally, makeup-related departments in most junior colleges have a two years`` course and it takes quite some time for learners to acquaint themselves with makeup skills. Therefore, to cultivate well-trained makeup artists in junior colleges, the makeup curriculum desperately needs a field-oriented down-to-earth approach. National Competency Standards or NCS is the nation-wide standardized educational system to cultivate well-trained work forces. Therefore, it is highly likely that a more realistic makeup curriculum will be set up if designed based on NCS. However, NCS specifies educational standards for each job ability but it does not mention some critical factors such as prerequisite learning elements, students`` learning ability and more detailed work field‘s needs. Therefore, before applying NCS to the curriculum, these factors have to be taken into consideration. Based on the research and analysis on these factors, this paper proposes a prototype for developing the NCS based makeup curriculum such that it emphasizes strengthening basic skills as makeup artists. This prototype consists of three phases as follows; Firstly, for an effective makeup education, key elements concerning color, client and human body are extracted and then taught as prerequisite. Secondly, some competency units appropriate at the junior college level are selected and then mastered exploiting those key elements. Thirdly, those key elements are evaluated through the field practice based on the performance criteria NCS provides.