The Effect of Discipline-Based Art Education Package on Aesthetic Perception Growth of 7-9 Year Old Children

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Master of Art Research, Faculty of Research Excellence in Art and Enterpreneurship, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Communication, Faculty of Visual Arts, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
Problem statement: using art education programs –compiled with defined goals and appropriate approaches would make a positive influence on children. On one hand, it could help them to receive continually the beauties and wonders of the universe to which the art is a suitable implement for this perception growth and promotion. On the other hand, discipline-based art education can be effective in designing educational programs with this goal, focusing on artworks; hence, the research question is what effect does the educational package designed with a discipline-based approach have on children’s perception of aesthetics?
Research objective: to evaluate the effect of an educational package compiled based on the discipline-based approach on the aesthetic perception of children from 7 to 9 in Isfahan city.
Research method: In terms of purpose, it is practical and in terms of method it is mixed. At first, the educational program was designed with a qualitative method of exploratory type with a discipline-based approach, and then to evaluate the effect of this program with a quantitative method of semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design, using Pearson’s Aesthetic Test (which was designed based on Parsons’ Aesthetic Evolution), was conducted on 10 children aged 7 to 9 years. Children were randomly selected and participated in the research. The intervention program was conducted for 12 training sessions, each session lasting 90 minutes. The obtained data were analyzed by paired t-test mean statistical method.
Conclusion: The statistical findings show that there is a significant difference between the children’s performance in the pre-test and post-test stages (p<0.01) and it can be concluded that the present educational program affects growing children’s aesthetic perception.

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The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar
Volume 20, Issue 123
August 2023
Pages 67-80

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