Abstract
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that offering remote classes using ICT lectures is effective. We have to provide a high standard of education everywhere, based on the principle of equal educational opportunity, even if the declining birth rate is accelerating. I think we can guarantee the high quality of art classes using remote lectures even in isolated areas such as remote islands. Such classes can foster a rich fund of students’ aesthetic sensitivities.
In Hokkaido, the decline of the population is progressing more rapidly than in other prefectures. It is difficult to maintain high quality art classes in places where there are no teachers with a license to teach art. In this essay, I promoted high standard art classes by using remote ICT lectures posted by a teacher with a license to teach art. I also inspected whether remote lectures given in an island junior high school were effective, to ascertain whether we should introduce remote lectures with ICT. As a result, I proved that students can acquire qualities and abilities through ICT- based high quality art classes through teaching them art appreciation.
