| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 藝術與人文教學研究所 === 101 === The aim of this study is to examine the effect of utilizing picture books on students’ creativity. The action research methodology was used in this study. The researcher was the instructor. This study expects to examine the effect of picture books on enhancing students’ creativity performance and thinking ability during the teaching process of picture books.The object of the study is seventh grade students in one public junior high school in New Taipei City. The activities for the experimental teaching were executed in the mid-term. Before the activities, a test for evaluating creativity ability was taken by students, followed by another test for evaluation after the activities. This method was applied to observe whether students' creativity improved or not.
The results indicated that via the instruction of using picture books, more open and wide learning contexts were designed to help students to develop their multiple thinking strategies, for example, to identify problems, to have varied solutions, etc. During these teaching activities, students were leaded to show their imagination and have the ability of storytelling. Furthermore, students were able to connect new knowledge and their previous experiences to promote their creativity.
Three contributions can be concluded in this study. First, the advantage to apply picture books instruction can facilitate students to create multiple abilities, such as presenting, speaking, discussing, and listening abilities instead of just gaining the knowledge from the textbooks. Secondly, students can learn from their daily life experiences to school knowledge to strengthen their learning motivation. Finally, by brainstorming activities, students’ imagination can be inspired. That is, they can not only perform their unique works but also make good use of new knowledge.
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