An Action Research Study on Using Elegant Tasks for Primary One Pupils to Learn Art:

SAGE Open

Fiona Shir Pei Poh-Lim¹ 

关键词: visual arts;    humanities;    arts;    humanities;    curriculum;    education;    social sciences;    education theory;    practice;    educational research;    teaching;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244014549743

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This action research study explored the use of Elegant Tasks for 30 Primary One pupils from a typical public school in Singapore to learn art. According to Sandra Kay, an Elegant Task is an open-ended-problem approach that serves to elicit “creative thoughts” and “elegant” or “aesthetically meaningful” solutions from pupils. Apart from making the teaching of art interesting, the use of Elegant Tasks helps to amuse the pupils into developing an awareness of his or her own style of thinking including its strong points as well as its weaknesses. Qualitative data were collected through focus group discussions. The findings from this study showed that pupils like the adoption of Elegant Tasks in their art lessons as they were given enough room to explore materials, make new discoveries, and work collaboratively in groups. Besides, this approach has also developed a strong sense of ownership and pride in their artworks as witnessed from pupils’ presentation of their artworks at the end of each Elegant Task topic.

【 授权许可】

CC BY