Abstract
We carried out a survey using questionnaires of art appreciation education which were given to elementary school teachers all over the country in 2014, as well as to junior high school teachers in 2015.
From an analysis of the result, we found that many teachers wanted an index of goals and guidelines for the evaluation of art appreciation education. So, to encourage better art appreciation education, we made "the common rubric for art appreciation" and "the rubric for appreciation of each art work". Then we observed six classes practiced by utilizing those rubrics in kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools and observed the effect. In the study, it was confirmed that those rubrics can help teachers when making goals and planning the class contents of art appreciation. And it was effective for teachers to reflect on and improve their teaching methods.
As the next research stage, we will reconsider the validity of level setting in the common rubric and propose the procedure of making "the rubric for appreciation of each art work" for teachers to spread and develop art appreciation education.
