The Impacts of a High-School Art-Based Program on Academic Achievements, Creativity, and Creative Behaviors

Autor/in	Pablo Egana-delSol
Titel	The Impacts of a High-School Art-Based Program on Academic Achievements, Creativity, and Creative Behaviors
Quelle	In: npj Science of Learning, 8 (2023), Artikel 39 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pablo Egana-delSol)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1038/s41539-023-00187-6
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; High School Students; Art Education; Creativity; Public Schools; Student Participation; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Student Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Kreativität; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This article evaluates the impact of an Art-based program, which consisted in bringing artist to do workshops in public schools, on academic achievements, creativity (i.e., the skill) and the external manifestation of creativity in action (i.e., creative behaviors). The main contribution with respect to previous literature is a quasi-experimental design--propensity score matching--that makes the causal link between these aspects more plausible, and which had a sample of 297 children between 14 and 16 years old. Four main findings are derived from the empirical investigation. First, substantial practice is crucial. Participation in at least two semester-length workshops is a necessary condition to observe significant impacts. Second, participation has a significant impact on academic achievements. Grades increased by 0.61 standard deviations (sd) for language, by 0.36 sd for math, and by 0.33 sd for art. Overall GPA increased by 0.55 sd. The program also increased participant willingness to consider postsecondary education. Third, the impact of the art-based program on various innovative graphical psychometric measures of creativity was positive and significant. Fourth, related to creative behaviors, the program had a positive impact on certain cultural activities, such as time spent watching films at home and creating cultural goods (e.g., handicrafts, poetry, music). In conclusion, our study presents substantial evidence on the effective enhancement of creativity, the fostering of creative activities, and the improvement of academic performance through the deployment of art-based programs. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/2/04