초등 3, 4학년 미술교과서 서예 영역의 개선 방안

Abstract

The textbooks of 3^(rd) and 4^(th) grades of elementary school were revised in 2007 and have been supplied to schools since 2010. According to a survey,teachers have shown to dislike the units of traditional art in the textbooks,because of uncomfortable environment to practice and uninteresting programs featured in the units. Especially the calligraphy part still maintains a traditional way of making a copy of an example text according to correct techniques, which conflicts with the definition of calligraphy as an expression of one’s nature and is also distant from the goal of art education to develop aesthetic sensibility, creative expressivity and critical ability. This suggests the necessity of resetting a goal which can reflect life and culture of a learner. Instead of using technically well-written characters with an unknown source, it is better to use a copy of old acknowledged writings as an example text and better still, to select one on the learner’s will using a computer. As expression is the ultimate goal of calligraphy while copy-training is just a process of learning, it is recommendable to give a chance to a learner at least to express his/her creativity in signatures, and based on this practice, let him/her attempt creative calligraphy such as writing in his/her own style or adding a drawing.