| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 美勞教育研究所 === 98 === Abstract
An Action Research of Incorporating Life Education
into Visual Arts Education
-Taking First Grade Elementary School Students for Example
This Research aims to discuss the Students』 behaviors in 「Exploration and Expression,」 「The Appreciation of Beauty and Realization,」 and 「Practice and Application」 after merging 「life education」 with visual arts courses of the first grade. Through the implementation of teaching activities to design the courses and conduct the teaching test in practice—evaluate the practicality of the courses. Hope the result of the teaching research would become the reference in designing and implementing visual arts courses of first grade.
This research uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Teach the course 「Beautiful Life,」 which includes visual arts teaching and merged with three teaching connotations of life education: 「Human and Nature,」 「Human and Society,」 and 「Human and Self」 to 28 first grade elementary school students.
Here are the conclusions of this research:
一、The Discovery of Students』 Learning Behaviors
（一） In 「Exploration and Expression」
1. Through the exploration of nature、students would care and cherish the nature more and develop the curiosity of beautifying the environment and sharp observation and inspire a loving-heart that would protect the nature.
2. Students could bring the spirits of teamwork into play、work as a team to create and could discover others』 advantages、appreciate others、and tolerate the differences between them—through co-working to build a harmonic human relationship.
3. During the process of experience using mouth and foot to paint、students could understand the life artists』 love toward life with perseverance—keep challenging themselves and finding the fountain of life in art creation.
4. Through the paintings of friends and those who have helped them、students could express their gratitude and try to help and tolerate others with a caring heart—to improve the human interaction relationships.
5. Through visual arts creation、students could know their favorite colors during the exploration of colors、discover their inner thoughts、make their inner spirits more abundant、relax themselves、and create joyfully—ease their pressure and stabilize their minds.
（二） In 「The Appreciation of Beauty and Realization」
1. Students could understand and respect the importance of life、realize the beautifying actions by using people、events、and things around them、and mind the lines and colors of their works. Making students find out the beautiful things around them、show respects to life and have a happy heart.
2. Students could know、appreciate and cherish the beauty of life. Through appreciating the stories of life artists to feel the love of their families and take good care of themselves and save their parents from worrying.
3. Students could realize that respecting and appreciating others are the foundation of harmonic human relationships、tolerate the differences between them、including appearances and grades and so on、know to respect others』 feelings、help friends with poor performances or from minority groups、show their compassion、improve the harmonic human relation ship.
（三） In 「Practice and Application」
1. Students could quietly enjoy the sharing of their classmates』 creation and give them a big applause in the end of the activity.
2. Students could use polite language and behave politely to express their caring to friends and family.
3. Through courses of the exploration of human toward nature、society、and themselves and the appreciation of beauty、students could gradually obtain good habits in daily life、could sort and clean up things; when the works done、the class would clean the surrounding by groups—to practice the action of beautifying the living environment.
4. Students could cherish and make good use of their creations、understand using them to make the environment more beautiful、share them with family or express their feelings and needs.
二、 The Discovery of the Possibility of Courses
（一） The values of this research in teaching:
1. Develop students』 spirits of active discover; inspire creative thinking abilities through vivid inspiration.
2. Inspire students to appreciate the beauty of life; cultivate their interests in art creation.
3. Enrich students』 minds; release their personal feelings.
4. Enlighten students to respect and care others; have better human interaction relationships.
5. Cultivate students thankful and cherishing heart; make them feel happier.
6. Discover students』 individual potentials; improve their self-confidence.
7. Grow the spirits of appreciating the beauty of life on students; express their educated qualities in humanity.
8. Guide students practice arts in daily life; beautify their living environments.
（二） The suitability of this research course:
1. Match level-one capability guideline of 「the Life Learning Area.」
2. The contents of the teaching materials could accommodate the family backgrounds and previous experiences of students.
3. Parents have positive attitude toward the research courses; make them understand and appreciate their children more.
三、 The adequacy of this research course:
1. Teachers should divide students into groups to conduct activities through teamwork. This would help those with insufficient background experience or poor achievement to learn better、cultivate the team spirits、and have better human interaction relationships.
2. Through visual arts to present 「life education」 could express the inner thoughts of students by the colors of painting. Exploring students mind practically could increase their self-confidence、enrich the color of their life、and help the establishment of their personalities.
3. Teachers could respect each student、create a warm and harmonic learning atmosphere、and let students feel trusted. This would help students to discuss their human interaction、family background、and personal qualities、the more private part of 「life education.」
According the above、merging 「life education」 with visual arts education course in elementary school is indeed suitable because the course has teaching values that match the needs of students』 mental development、and could help establish their personalities.
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