This study has been proposed for the basic research on the development of a
textbook for art-specialized school which would be run from 2011. It is the
situation that the curriculum of the art-specialized school has been developed, but
the textbooks for the school has not been developed. So we intended to examine
the basic conditions of textbook standards for art-specialized school by analyzing
art-related textbooks for vocational high school which can be used as a substitute.
The concept of textbook analysis and the analysis standards for textbooks
were discussed. 18 art-related ones for analysis from more than 60 varieties of
textbooks for vocational school were selected. It was contents and possibilities of
practical use for art-specialized school that we focused on the analysis. The
outcome of this analysis was as follow: Number of textbooks were suitable in
‘impartiality’, ‘legibility’, ‘substantiality in curriculum’, ‘correctness in write’,
‘reasonability in selection of contents’, ‘systemicity in unit composition’, but
insufficient for ‘novelty in materials’, ‘diversity in assessment’, ‘diversity in
teaching and learning method’.
It was mentioned that it was necessary to check the basic conditions of the
materials for vocational high school, and to develop new textbooks in high quality.
It was also necessary to study the model of textbook for art-specialized middle
school. The result of this study could be used as basic data for developing
textbooks for art-specialized school, by extension, establishing politic base for
“basic plan for vitalization of art education in primary and secondary school”.