The possibility of applying STEAM activities in preschool education from the perspective of fine arts / Mogućnost primjene STEAM aktivnosti u predškolskom odgoju i obrazovanju iz perspektive

Milka Jakovljević

Dječji vrtić Špansko, Zagreb

milka.jakovljevic@hotmail.com

The importance of art education for the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children and youth

Abstract

The term STEAM comes from the English language and is an acronym woven from the initial letters of five areas - science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. This work explores STEAM as an educational approach in working with preschool children, which includes, among other things, the area of fine arts. It begins with a theoretical overview and explanation of both the term and the meaning of the abbreviation STEAM. This is followed by the description of the research conducted in a preschool group, where 24 children aged 6 to 7 years participated. The goal of the research was to determine whether the implementation of STEAM experiments related to art, affects the later involvement of children in art activities. Art-based research was conducted, and the attitudes and opinions of the research participants were presented through qualitative data analysis.

Key words

artistry; creativity; experiment; research

Milka Jakovljević

Dječji vrtić Špansko, Zagreb

milka.jakovljevic@hotmail.com

Važnost umjetničkog obrazovanja

Sažetak 

Pojam STEAM dolazi iz engleskoga jezika i predstavlja akronim satkan od početnih slova pet područja – science, technology, engineering, art i mathematics. Ovim radom istražuje se STEAM kao odgojno-obrazovni pristup u radu s djecom predškolske dobi koji, između ostaloga, uključuje i područje likovne umjetnosti. Najprije se daje teorijski pregled i obrazloženje kako pojma tako i značenja kratice STEAM. Potom se opisuje istraživanje provedeno u predškolskoj skupini, u kojemu je sudjelovalo 24 djece u dobi od 6 do 7 godina. Cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi utječe li provođenje STEAM pokusa vezanih za likovnost, na kasniju uključenost djece u likovne aktivnosti. Provedeno je istraživanje temeljeno na umjetnosti te su kvalitativnom analizom podataka prikazani stavovi i mišljenja sudionika istraživanja.

Ključne riječi

istraživanje; kreativnost; likovnost; pokus