Action Research on Integrating Atayal Culture into Visual Art Courses for Fifth and Sixth Graders

• Main Authors: HE,WEN-HUI, 何紋慧
• Other Authors: HUANG, CHIA-SEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x87td4

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 美術學系碩士在職專班 === 106 === The study adopted the method of action research to probe into the implementation of integrating Atayal culture into visual art courses for fifth and sixth graders. It combined theory with practice to discuss the content of Atayal culture and visual arts for children and further discuss actual instruction and observation to comprehend the feasibility of indigenous art instruction. Additionally, the author assisted students to have deep understanding of the content and art value of Atayal culture and construct their own cultural values to upgrade their confidence in and sense of identity for indigenous peoples. After the author drew up a plan, she collected documents, designed lesson plans for Atayal culture and carried out on-site instruction research. Moreover, the author conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis for instruction implementation and students’ learning outcomes to comprehend teaching outcomes. The conclusions of the study include: (I) The process of the lesson plan for integrating Atayal culture into visual art courses includes four stages: 1. comprehension and analysis stage, 2. experience and exploration stage, 3. induction and creation; 4. instructional evaluation. (II) Integrating Atayal culture into visual art courses had good effects upon students’ learning. (III) Integrating Atayal culture into visual art courses was beneficial for teachers’ reflection and professional growth. (IV) Integrating Atayal culture into visual art courses faced three predicaments and problems urgently to be solved: 1. the degree of difficulty of the courses should take students’ cognition and backgrounds into consideration, 2. teachers lacked related professional knowledge and skills; 3. it was difficult to carry out team teaching in remote areas as professional art teachers were insufficient. Last but not the least, the study proposes concrete and related suggestions for curriculum design, instruction implementation, schools, institutions and future researches. Keywords: Atayal culture, visual art instruction; action research.