A Study on Adults’ Learning Experiences in Art Supplementary Class

[[abstract]]This study aims to study and understand adults’ learning experiences after they graduate from school in the art supplementary class. The learning experiences include learning motivation, learning process, learning result of adults in the art supplementary class. This study tries to attract the attention of educators and the public being aware of the importance of adults’ art education, and also offers the references to teachers to make the increase of the public interest. For approaching the aims, I am going to use three kinds of different methods including interviews、field investigation, documents collecting and studying. My targets for the research include three different properties which are the western paintings course offers by National Taiwan Arts Education Center, oil painting course offers by National Taiwan Normal University Extension Division for Inservice and Continuing Education, Lee’s private studio, and include 13 adult students. my research tool are the interview outline and a classroom observation scheme. According to the research, main results are as following: A. Adults students regard the arts toward a positive attitude, and seldom do they contact this field. The reasons of the motive of their participation include:1. constructing of the aim of self expectation 2. appraise of self learning ability 3. stimulation of information 4. stimulation of surrounding 5. effects of family. The motive of their participation includes:1. interest 2. require of relative ability 3. require of leisure time 4.require of escape from reality. B. In the processing of adults’ participation, different art supplementary class offer different arrangement of course. As a transmitter of knowledge and assistant, teachers should promise students the skill and appreciation of oil painting learning in a atmosphere of fairness and joyness. Students start their automatic learning toward a positive attitude after experiencing the process of being given a lesson. C. In the results of adults’ participation, main effect after learning is the sublimation of individual spirit and also the quality of life, which include the construction of interpersonal relationship 2. enriching the life 3. awareness of philosophy of life 4. promoting the quality of daily life 5. improving the relationship of family. The acquisition from the knowledge of the arts includes 1.the ability of observation 2.the skills of drawing 3.the appreciation of the arts 4. the knowledge of painting. All the case we have aimed except those who suffer personal healthy problem maintain their course in a reason of wonderful learning experience. They have shown the spirit of lifelong learning. Finally, according to my research, I am going bring up some concrete suggestions individually to the institutes for social art education , art educators, adults students, and the direction for further studies.