Studying the Degree of Creativity of Preschool Children Drawings

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Autor/inn/en	Dulama, Maria Eliza; Alexandru, Diana; Vanea, Cornelia
Titel	Studying the Degree of Creativity of Preschool Children Drawings
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 3 (2010) 4, S.85-96 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Creativity; Childrens Art; Freehand Drawing; Creative Activities; Creative Thinking; Art Activities; Art Education; Art Expression; Hypothesis Testing; Predictor Variables; Kindergarten; Case Studies; Observation; Scoring Rubrics; Formative Evaluation; Educational Experiments; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kreativität; Drawing; Zeichnen; Kreatives Denken; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Prädiktor; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Beobachtung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Schulversuch; Schulleistung; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Rumänien
Abstract	Our purpose is to offer children tasks so they can make drawings as diverse and different from each other whilst trying to avoid imitation. Achieving this goal involves the increase of children's creativity. The paper is theoretically based on the consideration of creativity as the ability to create "something new, original, and in accordance with reality" (Mihaela Roco, 2004; H. Jaoui, 1975; Al. Rosca, 1981; Margaret A. Boden, 1992). The study focuses on expressive creativity, characterized by spontaneity and unconditioned freedom of expression, skills, all highlighted by the children's drawings. "The research hypothesis" is that: If students are given new information on various opportunities for diversification of a model, they will create more original drawings. "The independent variable" is the task preschoolers are given to resolve. "The dependent variable" is represented by the results of preschool children. The research was conducted at high preparatory group. The test included specific contents of several areas, such as: mathematics, decorative drawing, and practical skills. Children were involved in four experimental situations for comparative purposes, so as to assess the progress registered from one activity to another. By analyzing the results obtained from the four tests, we note that all the children progressed. They accomplished original compositions, different from each other and from those of their colleagues, yet keeping certain common features. All children have the entire range of skills with which a person can produce new and original products, so their creativity is developed to a certain level; the experimental group includes more children who proved a certain level of performance in one or more tests, so there is no single child holding maximum creative potential; hence, each child has some "patterns" or models that he/she reproduces in many of his/her drawings, nevertheless accomplishing his/her original drawings; having the fact that, each child achieved both successful and less successful designs, we cannot establish an individual steady progress; the performance of the experimental group can be correlated with the number and quality of representations that they obtained during activities in kindergarten and elsewhere. In conclusion, at the end of the research we note that, if preschoolers are given new information regarding their opportunities to diversify a model, they will create more original drawings. The research is original because it proposes new experimental tests and evaluation grids. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01