A comparative qualitative research about creativity of elementary students between Korea and the U.S.A

초록

Though growing interests in the field of creativity in worldwide, there are not enough comparative studies for creativity between other countries. If we know the developmental traits of children, it can makes to support each other in developing educational program and measuring students' abilities more reliably at the national level. So this comparative qualitative study was conducted by the need. In this comparison study, the Integrated Individual Creativity Test (IICT-K), for elementary [6] with identified validity and reliability was taken to 20 participants who are 1st grade to 5th grade elementary students from Korea and America in order to investigate the creativity. Qualitative data were gathered from Korea and the USA, and then qualitative analyzing the traits and trend of the creativity between two countries was conducted. The results of this study were showed meaningful differences with each developmental stages and culture between Korea and USA. Creativity in 3 domains of creativity (language, operation, and drawing) was very diverse according to fe developmental stages (elementary grades 1st to 5th) in Korea and USA children. The results showed us that creative ability of younger students when they get older, increased but it was not continuous, and we found also a fourth grade slump as many researchers opinion. Hopefully, this research would help to understand cultural differences and similarities of children's creative characteristics between Korea and U.S.A. © 2017 International Information Institute.

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