A Study of Vacant School Spaces for the Arts Activities -An Example of Elementary Schools and Junior High Schools in New Taipei City

• Main Authors: Hsin-Chieh Lin, 林欣潔
• Other Authors: Yen-Tzu An
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uq7f43

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 藝術與人文教育研究所 === 101 === Along with the change in times, the society faces low birth rate and aging population. The decreasing of the number of newborns will soon impact school registration at different level. For junior high schools, the reduction of the student registration would create many idle spaces and facilities in campus. As a result, to adaptively manage such idled facilities, caused by the low birth rate, becomes an immediate issue for school administration. In recent years, the government continuously promotes relevant legislations to remedy the idled facilities. Among those legislations and policies, the “Principal Plan to Reuse Unused School Facilities in Elementary Schools and Junior High Schools” of 2003, the “Policy on Adaptive Re-Usage of Idled School Facilities” of 2006, the “Guidelines to Reactivate Unused School Spaces” of 2007, the “Comprehensive Plan to Reactivate Unused School Spaces” of 2008, and the “Development and Integration of School Idled Facilities in Elementary Schools and Junior High Schools” from 2007 to 2012 are significant examples of government’s efforts on resolving this issue. With the above examples, it shows the unused facilities have been viewed by the government as an issue of great importance. There are many different existing models to reuse unused campus facilities. This study is based on four practical models—“Space for Teaching Display”, “Community Integration Development”, “Village of Arts Tour”, and “Workshop of On-site Artists”. Using a standardized questionnaire, “The Recognition of Reactivating Unused Facilities with Art Activities”, this study explores the possibility of integrating the art activities with the vacant school facilities. The study samples both the school administers and the fine arts faculties from elementary schools and junior high schools at Sing Bei City. The findings are analyzed, and the suggestions of integrating art activities with vacant facilities are proposed. These results serve as a valuable source for district educators and school administrators to best manage the educational resources.