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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2012.32.4.586

High School of Arts students' Understanding of the Nature of Science and Nature of Art  

Kim, Hee-Jung (Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Sung-Won (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.32, no.4, 2012 , pp. 586-603 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is a survey conducted to explore what art high school students specifically see as nature of science. Third-year students of a high school of arts in Gyeonggi-do participated in the survey. The questionnaire was classified into three categories - the formative arts in the fine arts, the sound arts in music, the performing arts in dance, and drama and play. The study analyzed what they think of as similar aspects of science and art respectively according to their majors, with focus on the extracts. As a result, they mentioned 'creative imagination', 'correlation with technology', 'social and cultural relation', 'subjectivity', 'variability', and 'inquiring attitude' as similarities between science and art. The results are almost the same as the elements of the nature of science as agreed on by scientists. From the result, we can assume that students majoring in art, indeed, need an education on the nature of science. Also, while the fine arts students have more tendency to perceive inquiring attitude than others, music students are more likely to perceive variability than others. Therefore, teaching strategy in experimental inquiring context for the former is more helpful in understanding the nature of science, and teaching strategy in the context of scientific history for the latter.
Keywords
nature of science; art; creative imagination; correlation with technology; social and cultural relation; subjectivity; variability; inquiring attitude;
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