The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of the Laban movement educational program, which is one of creative movement programs originated from Laban Movement Analysis program in western countries such as U.S. or U.K., on the creativity o...
The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of the Laban movement educational program, which is one of creative movement programs originated from Laban Movement Analysis program in western countries such as U.S. or U.K., on the creativity of young children. The subject were 12 four and five-year-old children in city of Sungnam (Bundang area), Korea. They were divided into 3 groups by equal numbers as experimental group 1, 2 and control group. The experimental treatment for group 1 was carried out more than 24 times over 6 months, and for group 2, it was carried out more than 48 times over 1 year. The test instrument used in this study is Korean Comprehensive Creativity Test for Young Children: K-CCTYC(Jeon, 2000). The results of this study are as follows ; The Laban movement educational program increased young children`s creativity. It was found that experimental group 2 showed higher improvement in sub-scales such as originality, imagination, and in physical area than control group. These results suggest that the Laban movement educational program can be an effective educational method for young children`s creativity.