Is the education of arts and crafts at school useful? Here are some questionnaires for you to answer!

Personal information is to be used only for this study, and no information from participants with only questionnaires is to be used for any possibility that they will be identified. Names of those who show their works will basically be displayed, but we will honor the choice in line with their individual agreement.

● About yourself

Your Name (required)

Email address (required)

Name of prefecture at the time of elementary and junior high school days (name of the city for non-Japanese) (required)

Age(required)
under 20 years of agetwentiesthirtiesfortiesfiftiessixtiesover 70 years of age

Your current occupation (required) <as detailed as possible such as sales or production of automobiles, or education at junior high school (music e.g.)>

● General topics

1. Did you like the class or lesson of arts and crafts at elementary school?
 Yes  No  Neither

2. Did you like the class or lesson of arts at junior high school?
 Yes  No  Neither

3. Did you go to extra curriculum school of painting or modeling?
 Yes  No

4. Do you have any experience of receiving awards for arts, crafts, or paintings (regardless of grade)?

● Sensitivity and aesthetic sense

Sensitivity

5. Were you impressed deeply with anything before?
 Yes  No

6. Have you concentrated in anything before so much as you forget other things?
 Yes  No

7. Are there any designs that you were fasciated with (such as beautiful cities, pretty cars, or CD jackets)?
 Yes  No

8. Are you fond of tools and furniture that are comfortable to use?
 Yes  No

9. Do you remember more than one public art in the streets or buildings?
 Yes  No

Aesthetic sense

10. Arrangement of foods needs to be beautiful.
 Yes  No

11. Did you prioritize the appearance as you bought something?
 Yes  No

12. There is a standard of beauty and ugliness in yourself.
 Yes  No

13. You sometimes have a critical point of view on the society.
 Yes  No

14, You have a single knowledge or more on what exhibition is being held around yourself.
 Yes  No

● Topics on what you learn in arts, crafts, and paintings and what you think will be useful in future.

Skills

15. You can make a paper crane.
 Yes  No

16. You can use basic tools such as scissors, glue, or a cutter.
 Yes  No

17. Do you know what color will come out when blue and yellow are mixed.
 Green  Purple  Orange

18. You are able to make a scheme and develop it in accordance.
 Yes  No  It depends

Life

19. You make good use of things.
 Yes  No

20. You design your new year’s card by yourself.
 Yes  No

21. You have experience of creating graphics and charts with computer and offering presentations.
 Yes  No

22. You have used the terms of “perspective”, “monotone”, “gradation” and “shadowing” before.
 Yes  No

23. You have experience of contacting those who are engaged in arts or designs in your daily activities.
 Yes  No

24. Your profession is related with arts and designs.
 Yes  No

Appreciation

25. You feel satisfied when you think you have understood what you saw at the museum exhibitions or read the commentaries.
 Yes  No

26. You have experience of visiting shrines and temples and seeing the statures of Buddha.
 Yes  No

27. You sometimes read manga or see animations.
 Yes  No

Spirit

28. You feel you can get rid of stresses, anger, and gloomy feelings by way of creating or drawing arts.
 Yes  No

● Are you making good use of the power from arts, crafts, and paintings in your life?

Selection

29. When you buy things, you review the background and environment of them.
 Yes  No

30. You have bought artworks before.
 Yes  No

31. You have made a selection on picture postcards before.
 Yes  No

32. You have been stuck to interior designs before.
 Yes  No

33. You have several artistic items hung in your house including pictures and scrolls.
 Yes  No

Making

34. You have experience of posting on Internet the pictures you took of.
 Yes  No

35. You often enjoy do-it-yourself activities.
 Yes  No

36. You have produced toys or illustrated books before.
 Yes  No

37. You have experience of drawing a map to show the directions to others.
 Yes  No

38. You have participated in the activity corners or workshops at events or shopfronts before.
 Yes  No

Culture

39. You saw exhibitions in museums before.
 Yes  No

40. You saw exhibitions in galleries before.
 Yes  No

41. You watch art programs on TV.
 Yes  No

● Others

42, Please tell us any comments of yours on how the education of arts and
crafts is of use and how you are making good use of it in your daily life.

43. Please specify any good or bad memories of the lesson of arts and crafts at your elementary school days.

44. Please let us hear any words of advice or guidance given by your teachers
or parents on the arts, crafts and paintings (in good or bad sense whatever).

※ The following is for the data transmission of the works of arts and crafts.

A. Photos of works and current yourself.

B. Photo of your face when the works were done.

C. The title of works

D. Composition on the memories of works