Tainan City Jiali Junior High School - Arts Student

This course focuses on "cross-disciplinary aesthetic education," integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and social emotional learning (SEL). Through cross-disciplinary courses such as English, art, music, integrated activities, and information technology, students are guided to gain a deeper understanding of the value of Taiwan's traditional temple culture and the art of paper-cutting through exploration and experiential learning. It also emphasizes the cultivation of cultural literacy, creativity, teamwork, and digital expression skills, enabling students to apply what they have learned in a diverse environment and become learners with both humanistic care and technological literacy.
I. Cross-domain integration and disciplinary application
To enhance students' integrated thinking skills, a cross-disciplinary learning model is adopted, integrating English, art, music, information technology, and comprehensive activities to help students explore the connotations of temple culture and the art of paper-cutting from different perspectives:
1. English: Cultivate students' ability to write tour guides in English and improve their expression and communication skills through oral practice, so that students can use foreign languages to introduce local culture.
2. Music: Students will learn and appreciate temple music, such as the Beiguan and Nanguan, understand its cultural and ritual functions, and consider how music influences spatial atmosphere and cultural identity.
3. Visual Arts: Students experience the art of cutting and pasting, learn basic techniques, and understand its visual beauty and craft value.
IV. Information Technology: Students will learn video recording and editing techniques to transform the tour content into digital works, promoting culture in innovative ways.
5. Comprehensive Activities: Develop students’ teamwork and social-emotional learning abilities through group collaboration, problem-based learning (PBL) and presentations.
2. Practice of Aesthetic Education
Through visual arts, music, and digital images, students learn to appreciate, analyze, and create, cultivating their aesthetic abilities and artistic expression. Aesthetic education not only cultivates skills but also enhances students' observation, creativity, and sensitivity to life, enabling them to discover, understand, and create beauty in their daily lives.
1. Visual Art Practice: Students experience the traditional cutting and pasting techniques to create, and reflect on how to continue and innovate.
2. Music Experience: Students learn the combination of traditional music and modern music, and discuss how to convey cultural stories through sound.
3. Digital Art Application: Through video shooting and editing, students learn how to present traditional culture through modern media and cultivate digital storytelling skills.
3. Introduction of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
The curriculum is closely aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to cultivate students’ global perspectives and sense of social responsibility, and encourages them to think about how to practice sustainable development in their daily studies and lives.
1. SDG 4 (Quality Education):
Through diverse learning methods such as inquiry-based learning, hands-on courses and the application of digital technology, we enhance students’ learning motivation and ability, and ensure inclusiveness and fairness in education.
2. SDG 11 (Sustainable Urban and Rural Areas): Explore ways to preserve cultural heritage and consider how to use modern technology and creative design to make the younger generation more concerned about cultural heritage.
3. SDG 9 (Industrialization, Innovation and Infrastructure): |
Learn how to use information technology to promote culture, enhance students' digital creative capabilities, and explore how traditional crafts can be combined with modern technology to preserve and promote culture in innovative ways.
4. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Application
In order to enable students to develop comprehensive literacy in the curriculum, the five core competencies of social and emotional learning (SEL) are specially incorporated so that students can improve their self-awareness, interpersonal interaction and decision-making abilities while learning culture and art.
1. Self-awareness: Through art creation and English-guided tours, students learn how to express their thoughts and emotions, and build self-confidence.
2. Self-management: Students are required to plan the tour content, create cut-out artwork, and edit videos to hone their self-discipline and time management skills.
3. Social Awareness: Through learning about temple culture and the art of paper-cutting, students will understand the importance of cultural heritage and consider how to contribute to the preservation of community culture.
4. Interpersonal skills: The course encourages group work. Students need to divide the work and cooperate in the team to practice effective communication and problem-solving skills.
5. Responsible Decision-Making: Students must make appropriate choices in the content of guided tours and the production of digital works to ensure the accuracy of cultural content and the integrity of expression.
Through a cross-disciplinary learning model, this course allows students to explore and create at the intersection of "language, art, technology, and culture," cultivating their creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and humanistic care. At the same time, through the practice of aesthetic education, students will be able to more deeply understand the value of art and learn how to use technology to convey culture and
Ultimately, students will not only master the art of paper-cutting and temple culture, but also, through English-language tours and digital creation, promote this cultural beauty to the wider world, truly achieving the core value of interdisciplinary learning—connecting learning with daily life and enabling the continued development and innovation of traditional culture in contemporary society.