Curriculum Development of Aesthetic Education Cultivating Feelings and Aesthetic Judgment Based on a Comparative Study of the 21st century Skills and Competencies of the US and Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381200
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Nakamura Kazuyo 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20363004)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚芸術教育スタンダード / 美術鑑賞 / ユネスコ / 学習開発 / アクション・リサーチ / アメリカ合衆国の教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study defined skills and competencies to be developed in art and craft education in the 21st century. It examined the 21st arts education policy of the UNESCO and the New Art Education Standard of the United States, and made investigation about the current educational practice at schools and museums in Illinois and Indiana in the U.S.A. Based on the findings of the examination and the investigation, it conducted a collaborative action research in an elementary school in which a new type of teaching and learning that demand students to think, judge, and express actively in art appreciation was developed and accessed.

Free Research Field

図画工作・美術科