Exploring the Application Effects and Experiences of Aesthetic Experiencebased Early Childhood Art Education Class: A Study on Preservice Early Childhood Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss the effects of aesthetic experience-based early childhood art education class and the meaning of the experience. For this purpose, we conducted a 15-week aesthetic experience-based early childhood art education class for 64 students of early childhood education at a three-year university in S city. The data from the pre- and post-quantitative tests of art teaching efficacy and aesthetic attitude were collected and paired t-test was conducted. In addition, qualitative data such as self-reflection journals, interviews, discussion results were collected and analyzed by open coding method. As a result, the preservice early childhood art education based on aesthetic experience had significant effects on art teaching efficacy, aesthetic attitude, and experience was categorized into ‘concern and burden’, ‘change and growth’.