The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture books on young children's ability of drawing expression. For this purpose, art appreciation education program using visual eleme...
The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture books on young children's ability of drawing expression. For this purpose, art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture books was developed.
The research questions were following:
1. Are there any differences in young children's representation level of drawing expression to whether they have art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture book experiences or not?
2. Are there any differences in young children's exploration level of drawing expression to whether they have art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture book experiences or not?
3. Are there any differences in young children's artistry level of drawing expression to whether they have art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture book experiences or not?
The subjects were two classes-composed of 40, 5 and 6 years old kindergarteners. The experimental group involved in 6 times of art appreciation education program using visual elements of picture books for 6 weeks. For the control group with 20 young children, this program was not conducted. The research used the pre-test and post-test. Independent t-test was used to analyze the data using SPSS 10.0 program.
The results of this study was as followings:
First, there are statistically significant differences between the experimental and control group in young children's representation level of drawing expression.
Second, there are statistically significant differences between the experimental and control group in young children's exploration level of drawing expression.
Third, there are statistically significant differences between the experimental and control group in young children's artistry level of drawing expression.