This study is to find the relationship between children's learning experiences in preschool years and their creativity in middle childhood. In this study, children's learning experiences in early childhood were operationally defined as fourteen purpos...
This study is to find the relationship between children's learning experiences in preschool years and their creativity in middle childhood. In this study, children's learning experiences in early childhood were operationally defined as fourteen purposive educational experiences at home as well as in the nursery, kindergarten and private academies. A child's creativity was measured by Wartegg Zeichen Test and Creative Persenality test constructed by the researcher for their study.
The sample of their study consisted of 208 4th grade male and female children in seoul.
The study found that there was significant relationship between children's learning experience in early childhood and their creativity in middle childhood. Of fourteen learning experience, children's reading guided by parents, learning experiences of music and visual art education in the nursery or kindergarten were the factors positively related to their creativity.