Abstract
This study focuses on the rearing of living organisms (silkworms) as a theme and develops and implements art and crafts, science, mathematics, language, and social subjects in integrated learning for elementary school third grade. A cross-curriculum learning combined “experiential learning” and “exploratory learning” conducted during integrated study time. In particular, experiential learning lets children engage in creative activities, experiments, and experiences by merging the studies while linking the activities to the unit of each school subject. The study also analyzed a questionnaire that measured the learning outcomes of children who had experienced the cross-curriculum learning introduced on art activities and developed in the study. It also focused on students’ basic general abilities in terms of personal development, capabilities toward learning, etc. The results revealed an improvement in the participants’ specifific curiosity and tenacity and suggested that cross-curriculum learning enhances personal development and capabilities toward learning.
