Philosophy of Art Education Practiced by ICHIJI TAMURA Welfare for the Disabled

Focusing on the Significance of the Process

Abstract

We considered the significance of modeling education of ICHIJI TAMURA who worked as a forerunner of welfare for the disabled in Shiga prefecture after the World War II in this paper.
As a method, we examined the articles and literature materials written by Tamura about his 30-year-work from the special class of Shigeno Elementary School in Kyoto City and to the clay work in the “ICHIBAKURYO”, a disabled welfare facility in Shiga prefecture.
As a result, we made it clear that he used the instruction idea and method of “Significance of the Process” which he found a meaning in the process of learning during children’s playing and the value judgement in children’s expression.