Slovenian Primary School Teachers' Opinion on Interdisciplinary Approach Between Fine Art and Science Education
In this article we present research on Slovenian primary school teachers' opinion about the interdisciplinary approach between fine art and scienc.
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In this article we present research on Slovenian primary school teachers' opinion about the interdisciplinary approach between fine art and science education. With the help of questionnaires, interviews, and analysis of lesson plans, we determined how primary school teachers use this type of interdisciplinary approach, how often and what their views are. We included 138 primary school teachers from every region in Slovenia. It turned out that primary school teachers in Slovenia use an interdisciplinary approach between fine art and science teaching quite often and consider it useful to achieve different aspects of pupils' development. The study revealed that most teachers find it difficult to consider the educational goals of both fields (fine art, science). They often use the connection between the subjects only on an associative level - they only mention the teaching content of one subject quickly and carelessly, without making meaningful connections and without achieving the goals of both subjects. Content taught in this way cannot be considered a cross-curricular approach in the subject sense.
Keywords: Fine art, interdisciplinary approach, teacher’ opinion, science, wholesome teaching of concepts.
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