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TheNext termyear STEAMwill comes frombe the English140th language and is an acronym woven from the initial lettersanniversary 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 meaningpublication of the abbreviationfirst STEAM.teaching Thismanual isfor followeddrawing in class. In 1885, a teacher from Vrbovec, Đuro (Gjuro) Kuten, published Metodika prostoručnoga crtanja za obće pučke i gradjanske škole (Teaching of spatial drawing for public and civil schools). The book, which has been published by the descriptionCroatian pedagogical and literary assembly, represents the first attempt at structuring teaching based on art (namely, drawing) in Croatian public schooling. In the introduction, the author pointed out that drawing, as a part of teaching, is a product of new times and modern tendencies in pedagogy, rejecting previous constructions in which drawing was an unwanted element in class because it requires prior knowledge (talent). The late 19th century in Croatian pedagogy was a period of innovation, modernization, and of alternative approaches in direct pedagogical activities.
This paper presents a content analysis with the goal of reviewing basic determinants of Kuten’s book, especially in context of the researchpending conductednew inpedagogical aconcept preschool– group,the wheremovement 24for childrenartistic agededucation, 6 to 7 years participated. The goalone of the researchmore waswidespread tosegments determineof whetherreform pedagogy in late 19th and early 20th century. In that period, particularly during the implementationfirst of STEAM experiments related to art, affects the later involvement of children in art activities. Art-based research was conducted, and the attitudes and opinionsdecades of the research20th participantscentury, werewithin presentedthe throughCroatian pedagogical scope a significant impact of the movement for artistic education appeared, whose activities strived to affirm the development of the critical approach (especially aesthetics) in the classroom. Kuten’s Metodika prostoručnoga crtanja is thereby identified as the foundation of new pedagogical turmoil.
The analysis concluded that Kuten’s work presents a qualitative datastep analysis.forward in structuring and conduction teaching. It also presents it as a reliable and immediate representation of actual state of Croatian pedagogy in the late 19th century.
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