zohre darvishi; shahriar shahidi; mahmood heidari; shahla pakdaman
Abstract
This research was conducted to investigate theeffectiveness of visual arts training using "ArtsEducation, Advocator ofInnovator Child". The researcher made an educational package forcreativity in elementary school children.80 students(40 girls and 40 boys) wereselected among the fourth grade students ...
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This research was conducted to investigate theeffectiveness of visual arts training using "ArtsEducation, Advocator ofInnovator Child". The researcher made an educational package forcreativity in elementary school children.80 students(40 girls and 40 boys) wereselected among the fourth grade students in the cityof Tehran, district3,through multistage cluster sampling and they were randomly assigned into twoexperimental and control groups. The instruments of the research included TorranceTestofCreative Thinkingimageand the researcher made educational package. Theexperimental groupreceived 15 one-hour sessions of educational interventionandthe follow up was done after 6 weeks.The obtained data were analyzedthroughcovariance analysis. The findingsshowed that educational intervention hadasignificant influence on the totalcreativity score(p=0.00,p=0.005)as well as on two components of creativity,originality(p=0.005,p=0.008)andelaboration(p=0.00,p=0.001). There were no significant differences influency scores and flexibility scores between experimental and control groups.It can be concluded that the "Arts Education, Advocator of InnovatorChild"educational package, can be used as an appropriate educational toolfor developing creativity in elementary school children.