An Examination of Changes in Art Education during the 20th Century Seen in Students' Artwork

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381210
• 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: HACHIYA Masayuki 広島大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (60510542)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松岡 敬興 山口大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (10510539)
• Research Collaborator: OZAWA Akimi
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 図画教育史 / 美術教育思想 / 教育実践史 / 図画作品

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the changes in the practice of art education at schools located in a region of Japan. It was based on the analysis of students’ artwork preserved since the Meiji era at the schools in Takaoka, Toyama. By exploring the development of art education in the 20th century, the study was able to analyze the students’ artwork and relevant documents. As a result, this study confirmed that students’ art expressions had an influence on and was reflected in the nationwide trend of the teaching practice. Also, one of the essential findings indicated the actual situation in art education, which was that after the free drawing education movement in the Taisho era, copying was reconsidered as a teaching methodology in the Showa era. It seemed the pendulum swung back from free drawing.

Free Research Field

教科教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、明治期から継続的に保管されてきた児童画コレクションの分析を行い、20世紀図画教育変遷の検証を試みたものである。明治期以降に子供が描いた卒業作品という貴重な一次資料を手掛かりに教育実践の観点から捉えた本研究は、教育実践史、地方教育史、あるいは図画作品史の研究として、美術教育史研究における基礎的な研究に位置付けられると思われる。また、作品資料のデジタル化は、貴重な史料を後世に残し、今後の研究における基礎資料としての活用を期待できるものである。