the Effectiveness of Using the 4MAT Model to Teach Art Education in Developing Sixth-Grade Pupils’ Artistic Skills and Aesthetic Appreciation

The aim of the current research is to identify the effectiveness of using the 4MAT model for teaching art education in developing artistic skills and aesthetic appreciation. The research followed the quasi-experimental design with control-experimental groups. An artistic skills observation sheet and aesthetic appreciation scale were administered on (66) of the sixth-grade male and female pupils at Al-Lamatty Elementary Co-School in Minia in the first term of the 2021/2022 school year. Teaching to the control group, which consisted of (32) male and female pupils, was carried out in the conventional method, and the pupils of the experimental group, which consisted of (34) male and female pupils, were taught using the 4MAT model. This is followed by re-administering the artistic skills observation sheet and the aesthetic appreciation scale to the pupils of the control and experimental groups. The research revealed the following results. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the students of the control groups (which was taught in the conventional method) and the experimental group (which was taught using the 4MAT model in the post application of the observation sheet in favor of the students of the experimental group. There was also a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the students of the control groups (which was taught in the conventional way) and the experimental group (which was taught using the 4MAT model in the post administration of the aesthetic appreciation scale in favor of the pupils of the experimental group.