News source: Parent-child world/Xu Jiaqi

News source: Parent-child world/Xu Jiaqi
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When it comes to quadratic functions, most people think of exam questions. Lucao Junior High School art teacher Cai Peiling designed an interdisciplinary course that combines mathematics and art to help students appreciate the beauty of curves in daily life, and also allows students to practice creative creation.

"I have dreamed of being an architect since I was a child, and it just happened to be possible in this unit. I like DIY very much. I can build my own works. This feels happier than a baseball player hitting a home run!" Lucao Junior High School, Grade 3 Cai Yuhong, a class student, wrote on the course feedback sheet.

This class is an interdisciplinary aesthetic course in art and mathematics conducted by Cai Peiling, an art teacher at Lucao Junior High School in Chiayi County. In this school of about 300 students, Cai Peiling is the only art teacher and has taught almost every student.

In recent years, Cai Peiling has actively promoted aesthetic education in Lucao Junior High School. Starting from the 103 school year, she has implemented the Ministry of Education's "Integrated Visual Form Aesthetic Education Experimental Project" for three semesters. At the beginning of the 105 school year, a cross-field aesthetic education experimental course plan was tried. Zheng Zhicheng, the principal of Lucao Junior High School, said that students in rural areas lack art resources: "Although everyone says there is no gap in information, the gap is still very big... The cultural center is a little far away from us and there are few exhibitions." Therefore, Zheng Zhicheng strongly supports Cai Peiling's promotion. Aesthetic education.

Connecting beauty, knowledge and daily life

Cai Peiling believes that aesthetic education should allow students to have a sense of life, so when she designs cross-field courses, she connects aesthetics, textbook knowledge and daily life. Last semester, Cai Peiling designed the "Ambilight" unit, which combined the three primary colors of light and the law of reflection in nature class to guide students to observe the colors on campus, and then led students to make kaleidoscopes to make students more aware of color aesthetics.

This semester, Cai Peiling combines mathematics and art, and the theme is quadratic function in the ninth grade course.

In order to make mathematics interesting, a class called "Beautiful Number Curves" combines mathematics, art, and performing arts. The mathematics teacher is responsible for explaining the principle of quadratic functions. The art class is divided into understanding curve shapes in life, drawing line graphics, and hands-on Make three-dimensional curved objects, etc. After the HKCEE, Cai Peiling also plans to extend the curriculum, transform the concept of mathematical coordinates, and lead junior high school students to think about their personal positioning and development. She even plans to plan a campus flash mob, where students can transform into coordinates, pull up the Scout rope and create beautiful lines.

Cai Peiling recalled that when the students heard that quadratic functions were going to be taught in art class, they screamed: "Why does mathematics appear again!" But after one semester, the students' performance was amazing. The student is addicted to line drawing and shouts "I want to draw more!" Cai Peiling has to add one more class; when making wooden strips, the student says "I can't", but the works made with the teacher's encouragement look like handicrafts So exquisite.

Interdisciplinary, children have more ability to explore

Cai Peiling pointed out that cross-field courses have the ability to solve problems, especially in science, and put more emphasis on logical thinking. Therefore, when designing the course, she wanted students to have more self-exploration abilities and learn how to solve problems. This is different from the past art classes that required students to imitate paintings and focus on painting skills.

Luccao Junior High School continues to promote aesthetic education. Although the results cannot be quantified, Cai Peiling and Xu Huxin, a mathematics teacher in the cooperative course, have found that students' self-confidence, concentration, and appreciation and expression are all improving.

Students in rural schools lack cultural stimulation and are prone to lack of self-confidence. Xu Huxin believes that aesthetic education can bring positive stimulation to students and expose them to more aesthetic influences, which may be of endless benefit to students.

After the baptism of aesthetic education, the seeds of aesthetics in Lucao Junior High School may become as plump and strong as the green ears of rice around the school building.