中学生のヴィジュアル環境と美術教育との関わりについての予備的考察

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The purpose of this study was to inquire into the visual environment surrounding junior high school students in light of visual culture. The study implemented the literature review regarding definitions of visual culture and its trend background and a field survey of the influences of the visual culture on junior high school students. The review showed that the nature of the visual culture study is the interdisciplinary one and encompasses from art history to a more popular culture including media and performing arts. The survey showed that junior high school students inclined to show preferences toward so-called low art forms and popular culture ephemerals. The visual culture art education intends to have a critical judgment toward visual images in the society and expects students to act as a social-individual transformative self by facilitating critical eyes toward the cultural image. Future investigation is needed to consider the practical feasibility of the VCAE in the Japanese context.