The present paper aimed at developing a program for ‘Public service advertising design for natural environment conservation with the subjects of high school students based on Expression section within 2015 Revised Fine Arts Curriculum. The purpose o...
The present paper aimed at developing a program for ‘Public service advertising design for natural environment conservation with the subjects of high school students based on Expression section within 2015 Revised Fine Arts Curriculum. The purpose of the paper was to explore the methods to conserve the natural environment with the awareness of diverse problematic situations in our society, and to help students to contribute to enhance the quality of life as noble citizens by thinking of ideas through expression activities.
For this, in Chapter 2, the necessity to develop a program for public service advertising design for natural environment conservation was explained. Also, ten different kinds of fine arts textbooks were analyzed and the questionnaires have been distributed with subjects of art teachers and high school students in order to find out the current education state of public service advertising for ‘natural environment conservation’ in the current Fine Arts education in the high schools. The reason why we need a program for public service advertising design for natural environment conservation is that we could recognize and understand natural environment conservation, and have a sustainable education with humanism and ecology oriented. Moreover, visual communication skills could be fostered by making public service advertising with these subjects. However, most of the contents related to natural environment conservation in the current Fine Arts education until now was mainly done in the Experience section with the nature. In the Expression section, the method related to the subject was limited.
In Chapter 3, based on Chapter 2 three programs were developed and applied by 2015 Revised Fine Arts Curriculum. The developed programs have recognized the environmental problems which are recently at issue, thinking of the ideas to improve and conserve them and select the programs such as ‘Ad balloon design program to prevent global warming to conserve climate environment’, ‘Fine dust reduction bus wrapping design program to conserve atmosphere environment’, and ‘Forest protection video design program to conserve ecological environment’ to make public service advertisement. The class model applied design process, creative problem solving, and problem-oriented learning by programs, considering the understanding level of learners. The programs were designed so that the learners could accomplish learning goals subjectively and creatively, based on this.
As a result of applying the programs, it was revealed that it was possible to recognize the environmental issues in our daily lives through active exploration activities, to draw out some ideas by using methods such as brain storming, mandal art, and brain writing to improve them, and to communicate with and take part in the society by expressing with public service advertising design. Also, it was revealed that it was possible to get the affirmative learning effects such as the increase of visual literacy, the improvement of visual literacy ability by expressing and applying various types of public service advertising as well as understanding public service advertising design.
In Chapter 4, the educational effects were drawn out after applying a ‘program for public service advertising design for natural environment conservation’ and the revitalization plans were suggested. As for the educational effects were as follows: first, the awareness of natural environment conservation was inspired; secondly, through obtaining the expression methods of various media, the understanding of public service advertising design and application skills were improved; thirdly, it was shown that visual literacy and the improvement of visual literacy ability were increased.
However, the revitalization plans were suggested as follows, in order to apply the present program in a more developmental way because there lacked something to apply in the school education field despite these educational effects. First, there are the need for more specialty of art teachers for the environment education. Secondly, there should be an integrated class with other subjects and various development of textbooks and teaching tools should be revitalized. Thirdly, the classes should be carried out, linking with a career education about advertisement designers.
In conclusion, the present program has a significance in the fact that the students would be aware of natural environment and try and attempt to explore the ways to improve the environmental problems through expression activities by fine arts, having common purpose as a member of society and contributing to the society. It is expected that the present program would be a help to the advance of fine arts education. Because it would develop humanity to respect the value of natural environment conservation, and to be able to visually communicate on a daily basis through expression activities with creative and integrated thinking.