A review of the criteria of the prediction of students’ creative skills in the visual arts education
Abstract
This study aimed to predict the creativity in the painting area of students in visual arts education. This study reviews conducted on the publications. In this review, eight categories were classified related to the creativity by a hierarchical method as follows: definition, components, assessment, measurement, criteria, tests, scoring, and the art. According to the content analysis, the categories were originality, fluency, flexibility, boundary-breaking independent, unconventionality, and perspective which were determined as universal criteria for general content regarding creativity measurement. However, the aesthetic, technical skill, imagination, elaboration, closure, and idea generation were identified as specific criteria for the creativity measurement regarding the painting in the visual arts education. This review study indicated that the creative skills of students in the visual arts education can be predicted by the criteria in which a combination of the universal and specific criteria inclusively.
Santrauka
Šiame tyrime siekiama numatyti vizualiųjų menų studijų studentų kūrybiškumą tapybos srityje. Šio tyrimo apžvalgos skelbiamos publikacijose. Šioje apžvalgoje hierarchiniu metodu išskiriamos tokios aštuonios kūrybiškumo kategorijos: apibrėžtis, komponentai, vertinimas, matavimas, kriterijai, testai, rezultatų sumavimas ir menas. Remiantis turinio analize, išskiriamos kategorijos – originalumas, sklandumas, lankstumas, ribų peržengimas neatsižvelgiant į aplinkybes, netradiciškumas ir perspektyva; vertinant kūrybiškumą jos buvo apibrėžtos kaip universalūs bendrieji kriterijai. Vis dėlto estetiniai, techniniai įgūdžiai, vaizduotė, tobulinimas, uždarumas ir idėjų kūrimas laikomi specifiniais kriterijais, matuojant tapybinį kūrybiškumą vizualinio meninio ugdymo srityje. Šis apžvalginis tyrimas atskleidė, kad studentų vizualinio meninio ugdymo kūrybinius gebėjimus galima numatyti remiantis abiejų – universalių ir specifinių – kriterijų deriniu.
Reikšminiai žodžiai: kūrybiškumas, kūrybiškumo matavimas, kūrybiškumo testai, kriterijai, vizualinis meninis ugdymas.
Keyword : creativity, creativity measurement, creativity tests, criteria, visual arts education
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