図画工作科においてコンピュータを用いることの有用性

This article compared two elementary school art classes. The two classes did graphic work on the same theme, however the procedure was different. One class used computers while another did not. From the results, it seems that the method influenced differences between the two groups. The children who used computer-aided graphics could make numerous changes while they were creating their pictures and therefore their final pictures were often quite different from their original idea sketches. However, the children who did not use computers, could create their pictures while considering where to place the individual shapes of colored paper they cut. Their pictures tended to be based on their original idea sketch. In this study we could see differences in the process of creating pictures and the types of pictures created by children depending on the method used. In the light of this, we suggest that teachers consider both traditional methods and computer-based methods depending on the situation.