An Action Research on Developing a Big Idea Based Integrated Art Curriculum

• Main Authors: Feiju Tsai, 蔡斐如
• Other Authors: 鄭明憲
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78718435080594010733

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 藝術教育研究所 === 93 === The study mainly combined the ideas of visual art curriculum from Walker, Walling, and Cheng, developing “Big Idea” art class curriculum in life-orientation. Except observing the progress of the teachers’ curriculum development, the researcher also considered the structure of students’ learning and exploring procedures, in addition, changing learning methods and teacher-students relationship. The propose of the thesis was helping students getting knowledge and experiences through multiple visual art activities. The question began with: how to build curriculum thesis of Big Idea model? What are the steps to develop the curriculum? How to solve the questions happening in coordinating-teaching? How to progress the Big Idea curriculum? The study tried to associate from theory and practice proceeding this action research. To sum up, well-communication is helpful for teaching, the teaching plan should be well-prepared before the school semester, teachers should use analogy, similes, and examples to transfer those abstract ideas for students’ understanding, the curriculum should changes upon students’ characters and interests, and in the end, the basic media is still the skill for post-modern visual art teaching-method.