Abstract:
To study the effects of drawing teaching using Betty Edwards activity model, to teach realistic drawing to 15-17 year-old children. The sample group was a purposed group of 20 children who had the same basic average grades of art education subject at middle level. The hypothesis of this research was that, after the teaching of Betty Edwards activity model, the childrens realistic drawing ability will be higher than before at the statistical significance level of .05. The research instruments were: 1) Four lesson plans of realistic drawing, 2) An evaluation form of realistic drawing skill, 3) An evaluation form of realistic drawing knowledge, 4) A set of children opinion questionnaires upon the learning of realistic drawing lessons. The data were analyzed by using the arithmetic mean (X-bar), standard deviation (S.D.), percentage frequency, and t-test. The result found that the childrens realistic drawing ability were higher than before at the statistical significance level of .05. The statistic value showed that: 1) Childrens realistic drawing skills were higher at the medium level, 2) Childrens realistic drawing knowledge were higher at the good level, 3) Childrens opinions upon the learning activity of four lesson plans were at the good level. It can be concluded that teaching of realistic drawing by using Betty Edwards activity model can improve the childrens learning skills in three learning domains: 1) psychomotor, 2) cognitive, and 3) affective. In order to the make childrens learning behavior changes for the purposive results, teachers should be aware to include all three learning domains in their lesson plans. Each domain has an important aspect which supports each other. The three-domain integrative lessen plans can help teachers to acquire the successful teaching of realistic drawing.