An Action Research of Enhancing Elementary School Students' Morality by Visual Art Activities –Taking "Responsibility" and "Respect" of the Moral Core as Examples

• Main Authors: WENG LING YA, 翁鈴雅
• Other Authors: HSIAO PAO LING
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11914782092105161094

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 美術學系碩士班 === 96 === Since arts education and character education are important to students, the researcher have reviewed related literature in Taiwan and realized that there is few study combining these two fields. The researcher as an instructor conducted in this study to fulfill the students’ needs in character education. The major purposes of the study are 1) to discuss the learning effects of implementing visual arts activities to enhance students’ moral core “responsibility” and “respect”; 2) the problems the researcher faced and possible solutions, and 3) the effectiveness for the fifth grade in elementary schools. The participants of the study were students from researcher’s fifth-grade class in Changhwa County. The 12-week study contained two visual arts activities each week. The method of action research was implemented. Data of this study were collected from students’ self evaluation, peer evaluation, survey and interviews, and then analyzed by the researcher. The study has found that visual arts activities implementing to character education are appropriate and feasible. Moreover, it can enhance students’ performance of the two moral core “responsibility” and “respect”. Based on the conclusions, the researcher proposes related suggestions as references for visuals arts activities, character education, and studies in the future.