The purpose of this study is to investigate awareness of six graders in elementary school of the need for art education, satisfaction and effect of art education, contents, method, and time of art classes, and development direction of art education, a... The purpose of this study is to investigate awareness of six graders in elementary school of the need for art education, satisfaction and effect of art education, contents, method, and time of art classes, and development direction of art education, and to suggest significant improvement directions of art education in elementary school by clarifying opinion about art education in school through students perspective. The ultimate intention is to provide basic data for qualitative improvement of art education. The following research problems were established to achieve the purpose of this study. First, how do 6th grade students perceive the necessity of art education in elementary school? Secondly, how do 6th grade students think about satisfaction level and effect of art education in elementary school? Thirdly, how do 6th grade students think about the contents, method, and time of art education in elementary school? Fourthly, how do 6th grade students think about the development direction of art education in elementary school? To this end, this study conducted questionnaire on 235 6th grade students from 4 school located in Jeju and analyzed their response as research material. For research tool, this study used a questionnaire which was developed by the researcher that consists of total 16 questions on awareness about the necessity of art education, satisfaction level and awareness about the effect of art classes, awareness about the contents, method, and time of art class, and awareness about development direction of art education. To sum up, the results of analyzing awareness of elementary school students on art education in elementary school are as follows. First, most students recognize that art education is needed in school education, and among them, a large number of students considered that art education is needed in cultivating the expressive power of expressing their individuality and creativity freely. It was identified that students want to learn the function of art which is needed in expressing their ideas in life. Education which helps students to master the function of art more effectively by reflecting the demands of students would be necessary. Secondly, a number of students were satisfied with art education in school, and recognized that they have learned something through art education and have cultivated ability to express themselves. Art education was being conducted positively according to the interest of students, but it was identified that awareness of students is only limited to the extension of expressive power among the purposes of art education. Thirdly, preference for expression activity was very high among the contents of art classes. On the other hand, interest and awareness for appreciation activity was very low. In this aspect, it would be necessary to seek ways to raise interest and awareness on appreciation activity, and effort for securing professionalism of teachers in appreciation education would be necessary from various angles. Students preferred to use various materials as a method of art class. Raising interest of students by teaching art through various media would be needed for effective art classes. Students perceived weekly art class to be the proper time for art education. Fourthly, students perceived that active and dynamic atmosphere needs to be prepared for effective art classes, and wished to obtain expressive power that can develop individuality, creativity, and originality through art education in the future. Also, they responded that they want to beautify themselves and residential environment(room, house) based on what they have learned through art education. Efforts for organizing art curriculum that can raise students interest through various media would be necessary. Art education will have to play its role in extending the expressive power of visually expressing one’s feeling and ideas, and expanding ability of using them specifically in real life. This study intends to make the following suggestions for the improvement of art education based on the research results. First, both students and teachers need to keep focus on raising aesthetic sensibility for our surroundings, developing a discerning eye that can understand and judge the value of art, and developing attitude of loving and respecting the art culture by making art a way of life. Secondly, raising budget for securing various media according to the demands of students who prefer to use various media in classes, devising ways to use effectively in large classes, education course analysis of teachers, selection of necessary materials, and data collection effort would be necessary. Thirdly, continuous interest and research on experience and appreciation and professional development of teachers would be necessary for art education to be not only limited to the expression area but organized with various contents and activities. Also, art education should be able to take full advantage of personnel and material sources around us as artist, viewing art museum, and curator. To this end, specific understanding on regional human and material resources and information system need to be arranged at the Education Office level. ，韩语论文，韩语论文 |
