News source: Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Report from Taipei

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Are art classes just an embellishment for exams? Professor Robin Pascoe, former chairman of the World Alliance for Art Education (WAAE), participated in the "2022 Taiwan Cross-Domain Aesthetic Education International Forum" online today and pointed out that when aesthetic education conflicts with science examinations, he will defend art education like "Mother Goose" , let teachers of various subjects understand that art education contributes to students' learning, because art is the soul of the country.

Robin Pascoe's speech began by leading the participants to "breathe in and out" to warm up, emphasizing that the art field uses the body, mind and emotions to bring life to a common moment. He shared "the secret of making art education cakes" and believed that schools teach art It must be "effective" and teachers of all subjects should understand that "art contributes to learning". When drama rehearsals and science exams conflict, he will defend art education like a "fierce Mother Goose" while emphasizing "accountability" "The importance of art education should be mandatory for students. Art education is not about singing or dancing, but about finding your own voice and your place in the world. It is the soul of the country."

The Ministry of Education held an international forum for two consecutive days (11th and 12th), inviting aesthetic education experts and scholars from the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and Japan to share the development trends and practical experience of foreign aesthetic education through video. Domestic experts and scholars who have long promoted aesthetic education conducted cross-domain exchanges to discuss related teaching and learning issues such as the empowerment of teachers through aesthetic education programs and the experience and process of participating students.

Liao Xingguo, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Education, said in his speech that the Ministry of Education has promoted the first phase of the medium and long-term aesthetic education plan since 2013 and the second phase of the 5-year plan since 2018, and continues to support the aesthetic improvement of the system, curriculum teaching and environment. , it also emphasizes that beauty should be implemented in all aspects of life, taking root from an early age, innovating across domains, and allowing Taiwan’s characteristics and experience of aesthetic education to be communicated with the international community.

Ellen Winner, emeritus professor of the Department of Psychology at Boston College in the United States, explained the changes in visual art education methodology and introduced the concept of Studio Thinking developed by her. She pointed out that using art media in teaching can promote students' learning transfer and can trigger diverse thinking; Experts and scholars from Australia, the Netherlands, Japan and other foreign countries shared the overview, response and transformation of art education during the epidemic, and discussed the development trends of international aesthetic education.