• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권35호
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• pp.29-65
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• 2014

시각문화교육은 포스트 모더니즘 이후, 미술교육의 새로운 패러다임이라고 볼 수 있다. 시각문화교육은 전통적인 미술교육에서 우리 주변을 둘러싸고 있는 시각 환경으로 그 관심의 폭을 확대하였으며, 전통적인 순수예술에서 대중문화 및 영상예술 등으로 미술교육의 관심을 폭넓게 확장해 왔다. 시각문화교육은 이미지를 둘러싼 사회문화적 맥락에 주목하고, 비주얼 리터러시 능력을 강조하며 구성주의적인 학습을 강조한다는 면에서 문화예술교육의 이슈와 많은 부분을 공유하고 있으며, 실제로 문화예술교육의 주요한 이론적 배경이기도 하다. 이 글에서는 디지털 미디어 시대와 더불어 중요성을 더해가고 있는 애니메이션 교육의 방향성을 제시하기 위해, 시각문화교육의 이론적 배경 및 이슈를 살펴보고, 이와 관련하여 애니메이션 교육의 방향을 제시하였다. 시각문화교육은 1970년대 이후의 진보적인 문화적 배경 아래에서 탄생하였으며, 그 요지는 개인적이고 사회적인 삶의 개선을 위해 시각적 인공물과 그 행위의 의미를 파악하는 것이다. 그러나 시각문화교육은 시각문화 양상의 변화에 따라 지속적으로 발전 중이며, 현재에는 시각문화에서의 미적 체험교육이나, 디지털 스토리텔링을 통한 의미 구성등으로 그 관심을 확장하는 중이다. 디지털 미디어 시대의 시각환경에서 애니메이션은 시각문화의 중심에 자리잡고 있으며, 애니메이션은 하나의 예술장르, 혹은 테크놀러지를 넘어 시각문화 전반에 걸쳐 이미지가 구현되는 형식이기도 하다. 그간 시각적 의사소통 및 비판적 문화 읽기 등을 강조해 온 시각문화교육 또한 미술교육의 체험에서 이해, 감상에 이르기까지 전 영역에 있어서 디지털-애니메이션 시각문화의 새로운 양상을 반영할 필요가 있을 것이다. 이 글에서는 애니메이션 교육 영역의 확장, 범교과적 접근, 사회재건주의적 교육철학, 애니메이션 리터러시 등을 강조하였다. 시각문화교육적 관점에 기초한 애니메이션 교육의 연구는 애니메이션 교육의 정립에 이론적 토대가 될 뿐 아니라 전통적인 비판적으로 텍스트 읽기중심의 시각문화교육을 내용적으로 풍부하고 동시대적이고 미래적인 방향성에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• 조형예술학연구
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• 제7권
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• pp.64-104
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• 2005

Visual media transmits image and information reproduced in large quantities, such as a photography, film, television, video, advertisement, or computer image. Correspondence to the students' reception and recognition of culture in the future. arrangements for the field of studies of visual culture. 'Visual Culture' implies cultural phenomena of visual images via visual media, which includes not only the categories of traditional arts like a painting, sculpture, print, or design, but the performance arts including a fashion show or parade of carnival, and the mass and electronic media like a photography, film, television, video, advertisement, cartoon, animation, or computer image. In the world of visual media, Image' functions as an essential medium of communication. Therefore, people call the culture of today fra of Image Culture', which has been converted from an alphabet convergence era to an image convergence one. Image, via visual media, has become a dominant means for communication in large part of human life, so we can designate an Image' as a typical aspect of visual culture today. Image, as an essential medium of communication, plays an important role in contemporary society. The one way is the conversion of analogue image like an actual picture, photograph, or film into digital one through the digitalization of digital camera or scanner as 'an analogue/digital commutator'. The other is a way of process with a computer drawing, or modeling of objects. It is appropriate to the production of pictorial and surreal images. Digital images, produced by the other, can be divided into the form of Pixel' and form of Vector'. Vector is a line linking the point of departure to the point of end, which organizes informations. Computer stores each line's standard location and correlative locations to one another Digital image shows for more 'Perfectness' than any other visual media. Digital image has been evolving in the diverse aspects, such as a production of geometrical or organic image compositing, interactive art, multimedia art, or web art, which has been applied a computer as an extended trot of painting. Someone often interprets digitalized copy with endless reproduction of original even as an extension of a print. Visual af is no longer a simple activity of representation by a painter or sculptor, but now is intimately associated with a matter of application of media. There is some problem in images via visual media. First, the image via media doesn't reflect a reality as it is, but reflects an artificial manipulated world, that is, a virtual reality. Second, the introduction of digital effect and the development of image processing technology have enhanced a spectacle of destructive and violent scenes. Third, a child intends to recognize the interactive images of computer game and virtual reality as a reality, or truth. Education needs not only to point out an ill effect of mass media and prevent the younger generation from being damaged by it, but also to offer a knowledge and know-how to cope actively with social, cultural circumstances. Visual media education is one of these essential methods for the contemporary and future human being in the overflowing of image informations. The fosterage of 'Visual Literacy' can be considered as a very purpose of visual media education. This is a way to lead an individual to the discerning, active consumer and producer of visual media in life as far as possible. The elements of 'Visual Literacy' can be divided into a faculty of recognition related to the visual media, a faculty of critical reception, a faculty of appropriate application, a faculty of active work and a faculty of creative modeling, which are promoted at the same time by the education of 'visual literacy'. In conclusion, the education of 'Visual Literacy' guides students to comprehend and discriminate the visual image media carefully, or receive them critically, apply them properly, or produce them creatively and voluntarily. Moreover, it leads to an artistic activity by means of new media. This education can be approached and enhanced by the connection and integration with real life. Visual arts and education of them play an important role in the digital era depended on visual communications via image information. Visual me야a of day functions as an essential element both in daily life and in arts. Students can soundly understand visual phenomena of today by means of visual media, and apply it as an expression tool of life culture as well. A new recognition and valuation visual image and media education is required to cultivate the capability of active, upright dealing with the changes of history of civilization. 1) Visual media education helps to cultivate a sensibility for images, which reacts to and deals with the circumstances. 2) It helps students to comprehend the contemporary arts and culture via new media. 3) It supplies a chance of students' experiencing a visual modeling by means of new media. 4) There are educational opportunities of images with temporality and spaciality, and therefore a discerning person becomes to increase. 5) The modeling activity via new media leads students to be continuously interested in the school and production of plastic arts. 6) It raises the ability of visual communications dealing with image information society. 7) An education of digital image is significant in respect of cultivation of man of talent for the future society of image information as well. To correspond to the changing and developing social, cultural circumstances, and the form and recognition of students' reception of them, visual arts education must arrange the field of studying on a new visual culture. Besides, a program needs to be developed, which is in more systematic and active level in relation to visual media education. Educational contents should be extended to the media for visual images, that is, photography, film, television, video, computer graphic, animation, music video, computer game and multimedia. Every media must be separately approached, because they maintain the modes and peculiarities of their own according to the conveyance form of message. The concrete and systematic method of teaching and the quality of education must be researched and developed, centering around the development of a course of study. Teacher's foundational capability of teaching should be cultivated for the visual media education. In this case, it must be paid attention to the fact that a technological level of media is considered as a secondary. Because school education doesn't intend to train expert and skillful producers, but intends to lay stress on the essential aesthetic one with visual media under the social and cultural context, in respect of a consumer including a man of culture.