Influence of visual art participation on creative thinking for art and design private college student in Guangzhou, China
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53797/icccmjssh.v4i1.1.2025Keywords:
Visual arts participation, creative thinking, critical thinking, STEAM educationAbstract
This study focuses on the impact of visual arts participation on the creative thinking of students in private art and design institutions in Guangzhou. Visual arts are not only an important part of art education but also play a crucial role in cultivating students' critical thinking, creative problem-solving skills, and divergent thinking. To explore this impact, the study collected data on students' participation in visual arts courses through questionnaires, supplemented by interviews, and analyzed changes in their creative thinking. The results show that students demonstrated significant improvements in critical thinking, creative divergence, and problem-solving abilities after participating in visual arts activities. Specifically, through the free exploration and innovation fostered in art creation, students exhibited higher cognitive flexibility and an enhanced ability to solve complex problems. Thus, visual arts not only promote artistic expression but also provide opportunities for breaking free from conventional thinking, positively contributing to the development of interdisciplinary innovation skills. The findings offer new insights into creative thinking cultivation in art education and have practical implications for educational practice.
Downloads
References
Alsaleh, N. J. (2020). Teaching Critical Thinking Skills: Literature Review. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 19(1), 21-39.
Arov, H., Vahter, E., & Löfström, E. (2019). Supporting students’ key competences in visual art classes: The benefits of planning. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 53.
Baharudin, S. M., Yi, T. H., Khalid, N. F., & Al-dheleai, Y. M. (2022). The Effectiveness of Schoology on Student’s Creative Thinking Skills in Visual Art Subject. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(3), 4988–4999.
Bayles, D., & Orland, T. (2023). Art & fear: Observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking. Souvenir Press.
Birgili, B. (2015). Creative and critical thinking skills in problem-based learning environments. Journal of Gifted education and creativity, 2(2), 71-80.
Bunn, C., Kalinga, C., Mtema, O., Abdulla, S., Dillip, A., Lwanda, J., Mtenga, S. M., Sharp, J., Strachan, Z., & Gray, C. M. (2020). Arts-based approaches to promoting health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 5(5), e001987.
Esola, L. (2022). The effects of Experiential Learning Processes in Art on Creative Thinking among Preservice Education Majors: A Systematic Literature Review. The Pennsylvania State University.
Fekete, A., Pelowski, M., Specker, E., Brieber, D., Rosenberg, R., & Leder, H. (2023). The Vienna Art Picture System (VAPS): A data set of 999 paintings and subjective ratings for art and aesthetics research. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 17(5), 660.
Gross, J., & Pitts, S. E. (2016). Audiences for the contemporary arts: Exploring varieties of participation across art forms in Birmingham, UK. Participations, 13(1), 4-23.
Guhn, M., Emerson, S. D., & Gouzouasis, P. (2020). A Population-Level Analysis of Associations Between School Music Participation and Academic Achievement (vol 74, pg 124, 2019). Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(2), 328-328.
Henriksen, D., Richardson, C., & Shack, K. (2020). Mindfulness and creativity: Implications for thinking and learning. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 37, 100689.
Irving-Walton, J., Newton, D., & Newton, L. (2024). Emotions Matter in Learning: The Development of a Training Package for Teachers in Higher Education. International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 12(1), 179-193.
Kampylis, P., & Berki, E. (2014). Nurturing creative thinking (pp. 1-28). International Academy of Education (IAE).
Khalil, R., Godde, B., & Karim, A. A. (2019). The link between creativity, cognition, and creative drives and underlying neural mechanisms. Frontiers in neural circuits, 13, 18.
Ko, W. H., Schiavon, S., Zhang, H., Graham, L. T., Brager, G., Mauss, I., & Lin, Y.-W. (2020). The impact of a view from a window on thermal comfort, emotion, and cognitive performance. Building and Environment, 175, 106779.
Kuška, M., Trnka, R., Mana, J., & Nikolai, T. (2020). Emotional creativity: A meta-analysis and integrative review. Creativity Research Journal, 32(2), 151-160.
Lam, C. Y., & Saunders, J. A. (2024). Relationship Between Creativity and Depression: The Role of Reappraisal and Rumination. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1).
Liu, H., Li, C., Wu, Q., & Lee, Y. J. (2024). Visual instruction tuning. Advances in neural information processing systems, 36.
Lukaka, D. (2023). Art Education and its Impact on Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills: A Review literature. International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 1(1), 31-39.
Mak, H. W., Fluharty, M., & Fancourt, D. (2021). Predictors and impact of arts engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 19,384 adults in the COVID-19 social study. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 626263.
Osterman, K. F. (2023). Teacher practice and students’ sense of belonging. In Second international research handbook on values education and student wellbeing (pp. 971-993). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Otte, H. (2019). Bonding or bridging? On art participation and social cohesion in a rural region of the Netherlands. Poetics, 76, 101355.
Papadas, S., Papapetrou, A., Frangoudes, F., Polydorou, A., Gavriel, C., Kyriakou, N., & Neokleous, K. C. (2023). ReInHerit a Museum: Enhancing Museum Experience and Broadening Audience Participation Through an Immersive Performance using Media-Art, and Augmented Reality. In IMET (pp. 93-96).
Ramalingam, D., Anderson, P., Duckworth, D., Scoular, C., & Heard, J. (2020). Creative thinking: Definition and structure.
Rice, C., LaMarre, A., Changfoot, N., & Douglas, P. (2020). Making spaces: Multimedia storytelling as reflexive, creative praxis. Qualitative Research in Psychology.
Ryan Bengtsson, L., & Edlom, J. (2023). Commodifying participation through choreographed engagement: the Taylor Swift case. Arts and the Market, 13(2), 65-79.
Samaniego, M., Usca, N., Salguero, J., & Quevedo, W. (2024). Creative Thinking in Art and Design Education: A Systematic Review. Education Sciences, 14(2), 192.
Schneider, V., & Rohmann, A. (2021). Arts in education: A systematic review of competency outcomes in quasi-experimental and experimental studies. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 623935.
Sheppard, A., & Broughton, M. C. (2020). Promoting wellbeing and health through active participation in music and dance: a systematic review. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 15(1), 1732526.
Sheridan, K. M., Veenema, S., Winner, E., & Hetland, L. (2022). Studio thinking 3: The real benefits of visual arts education. Teachers College Press.
Shubina, I., & Kulakli, A. (2019). Critical thinking, creativity and gender differences for knowledge generation in education. Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), 10(1), 3086-3093.
Sonke, J., Rodriguez, A. K., Colverson, A., Akram, S., Morgan, N., Hancox, D., ... & Pesata, V. (2024). Defining “arts participation” for public health research. Health Promotion Practice, 25(6), 985-996.
Sumarni, W., & Kadarwati, S. (2020). Ethno-stem project-based learning: Its impact to critical and creative thinking skills. Jurnal Pendidikan IPA Indonesia, 9(1), 11-21.
Syaibani, H. A., DAFIK, D., & HOBRI, H. (2017). The Analysis of Student’s Creative Thinking Skills in Solving" Rainbow Connection" Problem through Research Based Learning.
Sztabiński, G. (2018). Art, participation and aesthetics. Art Inquiry(20), 43-59.
Talaboev, A., Akbarov, T., & Haydarov, A. (2020). SONG PERFORMING IN TRADITIONAL PERFORMING ARTS: PAST AND PRESENT TIM. European Journal of Arts(1), 85-88.
Tang, T., Vezzani, V., & Eriksson, V. (2020). Developing critical thinking, collective creativity skills and problem solving through playful design jams. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 37, 100696.
Thornhill-Miller, B., Camarda, A., Mercier, M., Burkhardt, J. M., Morisseau, T., Bourgeois-Bougrine, S., ... & Lubart, T. (2023). Creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration: assessment, certification, and promotion of 21st century skills for the future of work and education. Journal of Intelligence, 11(3), 54.
Tomlinson, A., Lane, J., Julier, G., Grigsby Duffy, L., Payne, A., Mansfield, L., Kay, T., John, A., Meads, C., & Daykin, N. (2023). A systematic review of the subjective wellbeing outcomes of engaging with visual arts for adults (“working-age”, 15-64 years) with diagnosed mental health conditions.
Tzachrista, M., Gkintoni, E., & Halkiopoulos, C. (2023). Neurocognitive profile of creativity in improving academic performance—A scoping review. Education Sciences, 13(11), 1127.
Ulger, K. (2018). The Effect of Problem-Based Learning on the Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking Disposition of Students in Visual Arts Education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 12(1).
Ülger, K. A. N. İ. (2016). The relationship between creative thinking and critical thinking skills of students. Hacettepe Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi-Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 31.
Winner, E., Hetland, L., Veenema, S., Sheridan, K., & Palmer, P. (2020). Studio thinking: How visual arts teaching can promote disciplined habits of mind. In New directions in aesthetics, creativity and the arts (pp. 189-206). Routledge.
Yao, H., Chen, S., & Liu, A. (2023). Exploring the relationship between academic challenge stress and self-rated creativity of graduate students: Mediating effects and heterogeneity analysis of academic self-efficacy and resilience. Journal of Intelligence, 11(9), 176.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Su Mingyu, Adenan Ayob
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
