Nowadays visual culture art education(VCAE) is suggested an alternative to
visual arts education. Korean art educators paid attention to visual culture as an
essential element of learning since the 7th Korean National Art Curriculum. In the
2007 Korean National Art Education, 'visual-culture environment' became one of
the important contents of 'aesthetic experience'.
By the way contemporary arts continue to blend and juxtapose various digital
media which work on digital code, for example, Media Art, Interactive Art,
High-Tech Art, Technology Art, Video Art, Web Art, Generative Art, Electronic
Art, Computer Art, et al. This study placed emphasis on visual culture and its
implication of digital media as distinct characteristics of visual culture. It is
obviously very difficult for elementary students to apply actively any media as art
media-art subjects-art methods, and thus the teaching plans suggested in this
study may introduce them easy way to approach. The purpose of this study was
to examine VCAE and digital media and to suggest teaching plans in order for
elementary students to understand visual culture and apply digital media for their
artworks.
The recommendations for the study were follows: 1) more teaching plans on
visual culture and digital media in art subject for elementary students should be
developed and carried out for improving their expression, and 2) there should be
more appropriate application and manipulation of digital media in elementary
setting discussed and expanded.