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TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching emotion and creativity skills through art
T2 - A workshop for children
AU - Ebert, Marina
AU - Hoffmann, Jessica
AU - Ivcevic, Zorana
AU - Phan, Christine
AU - Brackett, Marc
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - This paper reports on the development and initial validation of a workshop teaching emotion skills (perceiving, using and understanding emotions) and creativity skills (problem finding and idea generation) through engagement with the visual arts to children ages 6-12 years old. After completing the six-session workshop, children showed greater knowledge of how emotions can be used to facilitate thinking and behavior in everyday life scenarios, and reported being less likely to settle on their first idea when making art. Children positively evaluated their experiences in the workshop and indicated interest in similar art-based learning opportunities in the future.
AB - This paper reports on the development and initial validation of a workshop teaching emotion skills (perceiving, using and understanding emotions) and creativity skills (problem finding and idea generation) through engagement with the visual arts to children ages 6-12 years old. After completing the six-session workshop, children showed greater knowledge of how emotions can be used to facilitate thinking and behavior in everyday life scenarios, and reported being less likely to settle on their first idea when making art. Children positively evaluated their experiences in the workshop and indicated interest in similar art-based learning opportunities in the future.
KW - Children
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Creativity
KW - Emotions
KW - Visual art
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 23
EP - 35
JO - International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving
JF - International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving
IS - 2
ER -