THE EFFECT OF CREATIVE ART ACTIVITIES BY PROJECT-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD’S CREATIVE THINKING AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This research objective were to 1) compare the effect of creative thinking before and after creative art activities by project-based learning experiences, 2) study early childhood’s creative thinking’s behavior during implementing the activities, 3) compare the effect of social development before and after creative art activities by project-based learning experiences, and 4) study the social development’s behavior during organizing from the creative art activities by project-based learning experiences. The samples were 25 students in kindergarten level 3 from a cluster random sampling. The research instruments used consisted of 1) the plans for activities by project-based learning experiences, 2) the test for Creative Thinking Drawing Production by Jellen and Urban, 3) the behavioral observation for creative thinking of early childhood, 4) the assessment for early childhood’s social development, and 5) the behavioral observation for early childhood’s social development. Data analysis was employed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test dependent.

The research findings were as follows: 1) Creative thinking of students after the activities was higher than before the activities with a statistic significantly at .05 level, 2) Creative thinking’s behavior of students who attended after creative art activities by project-based learning experiences was at a good level, 3) Social development of students after the activities was higher than before the activities with a statistic significant at .05 level, and 4) Social development’s behavior of students who participated in creative art activities by project-based learning experiences was improved.