점토를 이용한 소조활동이 시각장애학생의 자기표현력 및 미술표현력에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study is conducted to appreciate the effects of molding activities program with clay on improving self- and artistic expression by the students who are visually handicapped. A total of 7 Students who were in the fifth and sixth grade of a special elementary school for the visually handicapped, which was located in J district in Seoul, participated in the intervention. We conducted this program through other senses like touch and hearing for 40 minutes each three times in a week with the total frequency of 20 times. The rating scale test about self- and artistic expression were conducted before and after the molding activities program with clay started after the preliminary test, and students’reactions or works which were shown during the processes conducted periodically were recorded and qualitatively analyzed. The results are as follows. First, it was found that the molding activities program with clay had a positive effect on improving the self- and artistic expression by the visually handicapped children. Second, passive self-expression by children decreased and proactive artistic expression appeared. We could know that to develop and devise more suitable and systematic artistic programs would be effective in helping the visually handicapped children have psychological stability and positive self-consciousness.