2023 I am a Little Painter – Judging Points – Teacher Wu Zhengxiong
[I am a young painter’s review process view]
Judge Wu Zhengxiong／Moderator of the Ministry of Education's mid-term project on practical arts teaching and research
Teacher Wu Zhengxiong, who has been committed to children's art learning for a long time, found in the review process that adults demonstrating and letting children imitate are mostly just following the external specifications of technology and form, which is not a way to enable children's art learning to develop well, because the external standards It will block children from observing and thinking deeply, and from developing original images and psychological activities for self-expression. In particular, adults adding pens under the pretext of well-intentioned guidance or "parent-child collaboration" will mislead artistic concepts and harm children's autonomy in expression. Therefore, professional judges will most likely exclude works with this tendency.
Teacher Wu Zhengxiong also mentioned that arranging the picture structure for children (adult framing and composition) will also deprive children of the opportunity to observe and connect with experience and cultivate sensitivity. The passive, controlled learning method that forces adult views on children will make children Most of the time, they stop thinking and gradually become insensitive to external things, and the most important "expressive" ability in art learning is lost.
"Learn to understand the language of children's paintings, or face their performance with a tolerant and humble attitude. Children's paintings are a byproduct of educational goals; they are a mark of mental growth and cognitive development; they are different temperament types and psychological It is a record of the development stage; it is also a reflection of emotional expression and mental state; it may also be an expression of the deep inner personality. Teacher Wu Zhengxiong pointed out that when looking at children's painting performance from this perspective, many adults do not understand or think it is wrong. Especially the graffiti activities and performances in the early childhood stage actually have special meanings related to growth. It is important to understand the physical and mental state of children. and autonomous expression intention are the main purposes for judging artistic learning performance.
Promote art education for school children, promote the establishment of cultural arts in remote areas, cultivate primary school students' interest in painting, explore their potential, and stimulate their imagination, observation and creativity. The above is the purpose of I am a Little Painter, sponsored by Wang Yuanlin Cultural and Art Foundation. As suggested by Mr. Wu Zhengxiong,Continuous and sound art learning will not only not cause stress, but can even be an effective way to relieve psychological and emotional stress. It is also a good spiritual activity that accompanies secular life and helps one achieve self-realization and excellence in life.
[Analysis of the winning paintings of the I am a Little Painter Children's Sketching Competition]
The content and subject matter of this junior work are not framed by the surrounding landscape.,OnlyThe description of the campus facilities that he is interested in clearly shows the connection between autonomy and sensitivity. The lines of the description are clear and smooth, showing that the child is not suppressed and is quite confident. The details of the scenery and diagrams are rich and the description is quite rigorous. The building and The anthropomorphic sun is a manifestation of imagination.,This kind of flexible and full self-expression is exactly what good artistic learning can bring.
Qishan Field Lower Grade Excellent Qishan Elementary School First Grade Ruan Tingyan
The content of this work is also a manifestation of children's positive experience. The game equipment is the more important scenery. The interaction with the pet and the memory of someone falling during the game are vivid life experiences that connect the self and feelings, and can fully express the child's feelings. The autonomy of self-expression is shown, and the details of the campus buildings, trees and other environmental landscapes also show the children's「Feeling"Although the background is painted with a solid color, which may be influenced by the previous guidance, it is still a very good form of art learning.
Meinongchang Lower Grade Special Meinong Elementary School Second Grade Wen Yian
Although these two works by senior students do not have the high level of skills seen in some large-scale competitions, they share the common feature of in-depth observation of the environment of the sketching object. However, neither of them is a kind of alienated objective description of the scenery, but rather connects their own Life experience or memory images add life and sensitivity to the scenery and human activities, and the details of the scenery and the dynamics of the characters are also fully expressed. This may not be an absolutely necessary form of expression for sketching, but from the perspective of art education, psychological activities such as autonomy, perception, interpretation, and imagination are fully applied and displayed in the performance of art learning, which should be what contemporary art education should pursue. way of expression.
Meinongchang Middle School Grade 3 Liu Yihao from Meinong Elementary School
Qishan Field Senior Grade Special Award Qishan Elementary School Sixth Grade Huang Xiangyun
【I am a little painter children's sketching competition
On the significance of children's art learning and the perspectives of painting competition judges】
- The significance of art learning
In the eyes of the general public, some people think that learning art is "useless" or "unimportant". Regardless of whether you agree with this view or not, in fact, this view cannot be completely denied, because the so-called "learning art" actually has There are many different concepts and models, and the learning content and objectives are obviously different or even completely conflicting. From the perspective of "education", the significance of children's art learning basically depends on what kind of "art" they learn and how they learn "that kind of art". A more serious statement is that art learning is "useless". It may have "great use" and involve deep thinking in educational philosophy and art philosophy.
To analyze and compare in a relatively simple way, if art learning is positioned only to pursue the technique and the completion of the work, it can be defined as "education to learn art". The following is a rather exaggerated description: "Chen Shizhong does not use the technique of watercolor painting to Epidemic prevention", "Mr. Chang did not use printmaking techniques to make wafers", which means that in secular life, who does not work as a full-time artist? Who needs superb artistic techniques and formal expression capabilities? The so-called "uselessness" may actually be a real phenomenon in life.
If we change our thinking to another different way: art is a unique learning medium, artistic expressionCovers: intuition, feeling, imagination, empathy, symbol, metaphor, image reorganization, interpretation, questioning, etc., the psychological activities and thinking that transform images into images,Contemporary art creation has also shifted from technology and form to the exploration and interpretation of various aspects of life. Art learning is the ability and experience of spiritual activities such as sensitivity, sensitivity, concentration, creativity, deep thinking, etc. In addition, such as thinking about the meaning of expression, This kind of "education through art" aims to promote the development of social and cultural concerns and values, life attitudes and personality traits, and is actually a necessary condition and learning for anyone to achieve self-realization in life.
"Learning art" or "learning through art" may not be mutually exclusive, but "teaching people" or "teaching technology" have clear distinctions in educational philosophy. Contemporary art education is connected to the thinking of "how people should live". In the end, both teachers and students developPoetic Wisdom",have"Philosophical Thinking"、Explore"Spiritual Value"and"Cultivate Spirituality", the "great use" of art learning is also positioned accordingly.
2. Viewpoints on the Review of Children's Works
If we want to implement the above"Great Use"If we want to understand the concept and value of children's art learning, then the analysis and evaluation of children's art learning performance must go beyond the evaluation criteria of technicality and the degree of completion of the work, and recognize the subjectivity of each child's learning., analyzing the meaning of the work with educational goals. This highly professional and complex art education literacy does not have a single judgment standard, so it is not easy to explain simply. The following are some basic principles for looking at children's painting performance. Although they may not be absolute or exhaustive, they should serve as a reference for those who care about children's art learners, especially parents and teachers.
1﹒ Adult demonstration and imitation by children are mostly just following the external standards of technology and form, which is not a good way for children's art learning to develop well, because external standards will prevent children from observing and thinking deeply on their own, thereby developing original schemas and Psychological activities of self-expression, especially those added by adults under the pretext of well-intentioned guidance or "parent-child collaboration", will mislead artistic concepts and harm children's autonomy in expression, so professional judges will most likely exclude works with such tendencies.
2﹒ Arranging the picture structure for children (adult framing and composition) will also deprive children of the opportunity to observe and connect experiences and cultivate sensitivity. Passive, controlled learning methods that force adult views on children will most likely stop children from thinking. They also gradually become insensitive to external things, and the most important "expressive" ability in art learning is lost, especially in the learning mode of landscape sketching. Only by maintaining the "eyes of the mind" and autonomy of children can we move towardsKatrin．Gut(Catherine Grout)Concept of "Return to Landscape":「Sketching may be a presentation of people's attitude towards the environment; it may also be a kind of consciousness in a cultural context; it is also a medium of concepts between humans and nature, self and the outside world. Therefore, people who sketch can become a part of the landscape. Landscape becomes a kind of experience, a kind of listening, and even a kind of deep thinking, rather than just the techniques of framing, composition and depiction."Then the meaning and good purpose of art learning can be realized.
3﹒ The evaluation of children's art learning performance is complicated by the following conditions:Growth StageThis part includes differences in physical growth, cognitive development, and formative psychology;Temperament typedifferences;Cultural BackgroundandLife Experiencedifferences;Theme and form of expressionIn fact, there is no single standard, and there should not be one, especially in terms of the so-called "accuracy" (whether the painting is like the real thing), "richness" (how many paintings are there, how full the painting is), "beauty" (how beautiful the painting is), etc. "Sensitivity" (color, level, decoration, etc.), these external standards and requirements that may not be related to children's sensitivity and expressiveness will often cause frustration and misleading in art learning.
4﹒ Learn to understand children's painting language, or face children's performance with a tolerant and humble attitude.Children's drawings are a byproduct of educational goals; they are a mark of mental growth and cognitive development; they are a record of different temperament types and psychological development stages; they are also a reflection of emotional expression and mental state; and they may also be an expression of the deep inner personality. .(Wu Zhengxiong, 2006)Looking at children's painting performance from this perspective,Many adults do not understand or think that the pattern is wrong, especially the graffiti activities and performances in the early childhood stage, in factAll have special meanings related to growth,Understand children's physical and mental states and their intention to express autonomy,This is the main purpose of judging the performance of artistic learning.
Conclusion and Recommendations
Contemporary art education is not a skill-based subject, but a holistic education that focuses on human life. The learning objectives cover multiple intelligences and basic abilities, personality traits and humanistic qualities, which are deeply involved in the quality of the nation and the development of social culture. It requires the right ideas and more attention. It is also recommended that all parents who care about their children's learning and growth should allow their children to have continuous art learning, because there are more profound art learning, and it is necessary to grow up to the corresponding age to produce learning effects. Good art Not only does learning not cause stress, it is even an effective way to relieve psychological and emotional stress. It is also a good spiritual activity that accompanies secular life and helps one achieve self-realization and excellence in life.
