The purpose of this study is to develop and apply a curriculum integration
teaching-learning program through key ideas in elementary art education, test
validity of the program, and suggest a method of curriculum integration.
The program was implemented in a total of 11 sessions based on learning elements
in Unit 6 of each subject with 36 fifth-graders at D Elementary School in Guro-gu, Seoul.
Quantitative and qualitative evaluations were conducted to get information in
order to improve the developed program and secure validity as follows:
First, a paper-pencil test was carried out for attitudes toward art and academic
achievement to see if there were statistically significant differences between two
groups. For statistical data processing, SPSS ver 13.0 was used, with the significance
level set at .05, and independent sample t-test was carried out for differences
between the experimental and control groups.
The analysis of evaluation following implementation of this program produced
the following results. First, there were significant differences at the .01 significance
level (t=-3.549) in attitudes toward art between the experimental and control
groups, with the former showing a higher mean than the latter
Second, there were also concrete cases with positive changes in fifth-grade
learners' entire perception and attitudes toward art through their self-evaluation and
the qualitative test by teachers' observation during implementation of the program.
The results show that the teaching-learning program developed for curriculum
integration of art with music, physical education, social studies, and Korean can serve
to achieve the goals of cultivating expression and appreciation capability, developing
creativity, cultivating aesthetic attitudes, understanding a visual surrounding world
with critical thinking and an artistic vision, and getting an ability to cope objectively
with it for fifth-graders.