The art task consists of an art problem, an art motif and, an art technique. Students solve an art task using different art materials and aids. The students of the first triad encounter art activities almost every day. However, art activities are not only discussed in fine arts but can also be present in other subjects (mathematics, Slovene, music art, and learning environment). Art activities can also be found in workbooks of other subjects. These are tasks that require students to provide a solution through artistic expression. Many times, however, these tasks do not have an appropriate artistic starting point and artistic quality. The cross-curricular integration of fine arts with other subjects is most often based on motifs.
In the empirical part, by using quantitative research and the descriptive method, we were determining the number of art activities in cross-curricular workbooks for the 2nd grade of elementary school which require the student to provide a solution through artistic expression. Then, we compared this with the number of tasks in other subjects. In the continuation of the research, we focused on the analysis of solved art activities of the 2nd-grade students from the first part of the frequently used cross-curricular workbook. With a detailed analysis of the tasks, we tried to answer the research questions. We tried to determine the quality of set art activities in cross-curricular workbooks by the research and to formulate proposals for improving art activities and the cross-curricular integration of other subjects with fine arts. The research revealed that there are very few tasks in the selected cross-curricular workbooks for the 2nd grade of elementary school which require the student to give the solution by drawing. From the data collected in the research, we also ascertained that most of the art activities in the first part of the selected cross-curricular workbook for the 2nd grade are designed so that the motif is already given. We also ascertained that students most often redraw the offered motif in tasks where the chosen motif needs to be drawn additionally. Thus, their creativity is lost. The research also found that students use only a pencil and crayons in solving art activities. They most often use a combination of both. This usually results in a colored drawing where students draw the motif with a pencil and then color it.
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