2021 Volume 42 Pages 361-377
This study aims to develop a lesson plan to promote Chinese junior high school studentsʼ reflective learning in art appreciation. The plan uses three types of “outside” perspectives to achieve this objective, those of: 1) group members, 2) art historians, and 3) a painter. We implemented the plan in three junior high schools in China, and the scores for studentsʼ capabilities of reflective learning showed statistically significant improvements according to a t-test, demonstrating its effectiveness. Pearson correlation analysis supports our hypothesis that attention to the first and second types of outside perspectives contributed to this improvement. Furthermore, qualitative case analyses of the studentsʼ essays and drawings on how they felt during art appreciation demonstrated that their improvements in reflective learning capability resulted from their focus on the three types of outside perspectives.
