This study attempted to test the hypothesis that traditional plays affect substantially schoo1children's creativity.
In order to serve this purpose, the study put forward the question, "Compared with the controlled group, does the experimental group ...
This study attempted to test the hypothesis that traditional plays affect substantially schoo1children's creativity.
In order to serve this purpose, the study put forward the question, "Compared with the controlled group, does the experimental group manipulated with the introduction of a traditional play program show higher creativity, which is composed of eloquence, flexibility, originality, and openness?"
The subjects were two third-grade of an elementary school classes located in the city of Daegu. They were divided into two groups, each of which consists of 35 students. One of the two groups is the experimental group manipulated by the adoption of a traditional play program, and the other is the controlled group.
For treatment, traditional play programs were designed with reference to previous studies. They were applied to the students for six months. Those traditional plays employed for the programs are the ones believed to increase the students' creativity. Included here are Chilgyo nori, a revised version of Chilgyo nori, Gonu nori, Sangaji nori, and so forth. The two groups had performed these plays approximately three times per week since April of 2001.
T-test of the collected data with SPSS/PC^+ computer program revealed the following.
First, compared with the controlled group, the creativity of the experimental group exhibits a statistically significant difference.
Second, in comparison with the controlled group, the experimental group presents a statistically significant difference in the two subordinate concepts of creativity, that is eloquence and flexibility. It, on the contrary, failed to show any statistically significant difference in terms of originality and openness. The hypothesis was, therefore, only partially verified.
In the light of these findings, this study concludes that traditional play programs make a contribution to increase of young children's creativity; it seems, however, that they generate only partially positive effects in terms of the subordinate concepts of creativity.