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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
during the 30th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1999, adopting multiple
stakeholder activities in promotion of arts education. As a Thailand representative
of this UNESCO arts observatories once, but unfortunately did not establish this
observatory in Thailand due to many factors. Some Asian nations have been doing
a lot in collaborating with the UNESCO arts observatories program. I was invited
among keynote speakers at the World arts education conference in Seoul, the
benefit allowing me to inform Thai art education to international arts education.
(UNESCO, 2020)
The benefits of introducing the arts and cultural practices into learning
environments showcase a balanced intellectual, emotional and psychological
development of individuals and societies. Such education not only strengthens
cognitive development and the acquisition of life skills – innovative and creative
thinking, critical reflection, communicational and inter-personal skills, etc – but
also enhances social adaptability and cultural awareness for individuals, enabling
them to build personal and collective identities as well as tolerance and acceptance,
appreciation of others. The positive impact it gives on the development of societies
ranges from cultivating social cohesion and cultural diversity to preventing
standardization and promoting sustainable development. (UNESCO, 2021)
In tandem with the above philosophy and values of art education, my
application approached with child centered theory and the person centered
therapy along with the knowledge discipline based art education (DBAE) are
effective to children personal growth. (Wiroon Tungcharoen, 1996) Continuously,
I constantly employ art activities for students and children with the “art for
therapy” theory via psychological development within the art making mechanism.
On taking such approach, I took the psychological effects upon the art making
process and products into great consideration, in both teaching and own practice.
142 Circles in Art Education
