Practice and analysis of workshops in junior high school art education

Through the expression of narrative by cooperative creation aiming at the construction of relationships

Abstract

Workshops are generally described through words such as “participation”, “experience” and “cooperation”. In particular, the idea of cooperating and sharing creative experience is an important part of participants’ exchange in workshops. Furthermore, curriculum guidelines for collaborative works in art education emphasize the idea of workshops as an important process in learning. This has also been seen in cooperative campaign research since 1989, investigating the factors which affect the construction of relationships in community workshops. As part of the art education curriculum guidelines for collaborative works, specifically in the expression of narrative, a plan based on “vitality affect” was devised to fulfill the requirements of relationships with others such as “sensibility communication,” the sharing of thoughts and values. These factors were all seen as fundamental to forming effective group relationships for workshops.