高中生在考試情境下的藝術評論模式

本文爲一項有關高中生在考試情境下以文字回應藝術作品的研究報告。本研究根據95名參與「香港中學文憑」模擬考試學生的成績，選出6位高分級別以及6位低分級別的學生作爲研究對象。透過分析學生的答題表現及晤談記錄，研究者審視學生建構藝術評論的方法，並探討形成其表現差異的原因。研究發現高分的學生能夠將作品描述與藝術知識、仔細觀察、情境資訊、個人評價及其它科目知識作出聯繫，並提出較多及較合理的理由和證據支持其對作品的詮釋。研究建議教師應平衡對作品的形式和情境分析以及幫助學生發現作品與其他作品、文化以及個人生活與知識之間的連繫。此外，研究亦建議透過課堂活動和展覽，實踐以藝術探究和評論的方式來提升學生批判藝術的能力。
This article reports on a study which examined students' written responses to artwork reproductions in an examination. Based on the results obtained from a pilot examination for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, six high achievers and six low achievers were selected as subjects of the study. Through analyses of the examination scripts and interviews of the students, the study examined the ways in which students constructed their critical responses and identified factors contributing to the differences in their performance. It was found that high achievers had the ability to intertwine specific descriptions with visual arts knowledge, keen observations, contextual information, personal judgments and other subject knowledge. They could give more evidence and more reasoned arguments to support their interpretations. The study recommends that teachers should put equal emphasis on the formal and contextual analysis of artworks and help students to see artworks in relation to other artworks, cultures, their personal life and knowledge. It is also recommended that the critical response ability of students be enhanced through art inquiry and criticism practice in schools and exhibitions. Copyright © 2010 藝術教育研究顧問委員會.