This study aimed at presenting a model for a class integrating a subject with
arts as a method of arts and culture education. The study pursued a specific
method of arts and culture education which can be applied to a regular class.
That was because arts and culture education delivered during classes in school can
prove the justification and effectiveness of arts and culture education by securing
stable class hours and realizing the goals of both school education and arts and
culture education.
This study integrated the subject with arts based on the structural characteristics
of education and art. That is, through linking the structure of the content and
method of education with that of the content and form of arts, the study set what
was covered during school curriculum as the content, and arts as the method. The
two areas of arts and culture education were subdivided as follows: content (subject)
- knowledge, function, and attitudes; method (arts media) - experience, understanding,
and communication. Such subdivision was made in order to establish the close and
organic integration of subject (content) and art form (method). By linking knowledge,
function, and attitudes in content area and experience, understanding, and
communication in method area, a total of nine integrated areas were presented.
Given that arts and culture education intends to raise holistic human beings whose
perception makes harmony with emotion by complementing knowledge-centered
education, the class which integrates with arts is expected not only to more
effectively instruct students in the subject but also to contribute the expansion and
generalization of arts and culture education.