Yasuko Fujii

6.12 Development of Teaching Materials for STEAM Education Centred on Art Education in Elementary School (Paper)

Yasuko Fujii – Institute for Research Management, Oita University, Japan

Hiroyasu Nishiguchi – Institute for Research Management, Oita University, Japan

Abstract:

This research in STEAM education fuses Arts and Science through exploratory learning centred on art education that utilizes nature. We developed teaching materials for STEAM education in elementary school centred on art, introducing experiential learning that integrate arts and science elements such as “light, colour, sound”. On this occasion, students experienced STEAM learning based on art education and made creative works with natural resources. This exploratory learning aims to comprehensively enhance various qualities and abilities in students from four academic perspectives: artistic, scientific, sociological, and linguistic. As a result of analysing student’s assignments and questionnaires measuring “the motivation to learn and humanity” of basic ability for adaptation, we found specific curiosity among students has improved and there are several learning effects connected to each subject. In order to nurture children’s sensibility, expressiveness, creative thinking, and sense of self-affirmation, we propose a number of models of STEAM education that integrate art and other subjects using exploratory learning.