An Action Research on a Visual Arts Program that Affects Self-concept of Junior High School Students：A Study Case of “Self-Portrait of My Personality”

• Main Authors: Yu-Hsuan Lin, 林侑萱
• Other Authors: 林劭仁
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nfw9aq

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 藝術與人文教育研究所 === 98 === The aim of the research is to explore how Visual Arts Program influences Junior High School Students’ concepts about themselves. In the research, I use the teaching plan “Self-Portrait of My Personality” designed by myself as the axis and the action research of the teacher together with the research of characteristics and statistics as the methods. Besides, I use the questionnaires “Tests on Junior High School Students’ Concepts about Themselves- before and after the Class”, ” Test on How Junior High School Students Describe Themselves with Simple Sentences”,“Questionnaire on Junior High School Students’ Concepts about Themselves” and “Analysis on Junior High School Students’ Works of Their Self- Portraits” as the tools of the research. The conclusions of the research are briefly described as below: 1.The program “Self-Portrait of My Personality” has obviously promoted students’ physical concepts about themselves. 2.The program “Self-Portrait of My Personality” has no obvious influence on students’ academy, emotion, family life, school life and ability. But in the analysis of characteristics, we can still see the changes and improvement. 3.The types of self-portrait show the correspondence of different aspects of self-concepts. 4.Visual Art Program can have influence on the formation of students’ self- concepts. 5.Family is the key factor of junior high school students’ psychological growth and behavior formation. 6.Mass media has severe influence on students’ value judgment and we should give students the proper guide on value judgment. Below are my suggestions through the research: 1.We can include more about self-concepts in the Art and Human program. 2.Sensitivity to the feeling of life, creative thinking and the activation of imagination should be the key points of Art and Human program. 3.Teachers should be offered with more training or courses of art education therapy.