An Investigation of Curriculum Function based on Art Education at Sixth Grade in Science Course with a Focus on Components of Iran Educational System

this study examined the performance-based curriculum of art education in the science class of sixth grade base on considering the components of the educational system in Iran. The components of at education taken from national curriculum documents include raising the senses¡ creating a sense of aesthetics¡ imagination and creativity¡ build language skills¡ creating works of art. A checklist was developed according to the curriculum elements (goals¡ content¡ teaching methods¡ and assessment) and the art education components and the reliability and validity were examined. The sample included 60 sixth grade students and the experimental group was taught by an experienced teacher during the treatment. And the teacher recorded students'' performance by the checklist at the end of each session. The students’ achievement was measured by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the elements of imagination¡ creativity¡ development of language skills¡ and arts education curriculum created positive and significant changes in the performance of students.