TTLA: Creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the researcher:Luong Thi Thanh Hai

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August 28, 1979

4. Place of birth: Hai Phong

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3202/QD-SDH, dated November 8, 2010 of the Director of Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in the training process:

Decision on changing thesis topics for doctoral students No. 354/QD-SDH, dated March 20, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Decision to allow postgraduate students to temporarily suspend their studies No. 3106/QD - VNU dated October 10, 2016 of the Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Thesis topic name:Creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

8. Major: Social Psychology Code: Pilot training

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Thi Minh ChiandAssociate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Sinh Phuc

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- In theory:

+ Clarify the concept of creativity in the visual activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education through two forms of expression: visual language of Fine Arts and Fine Arts education activities.

+ Point out the measurement criteria and methods of measuring creativity in the creative activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

- In practice:

+ Build a set of tools to measure creativity in the creative activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education - a system of measurement exercises suitable for the major.

+ Find a positive correlation between the level of creativity expressed through multiple choice tests and through the system of measurement exercises.

+ Indicates the current state of creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education at an average level, in which the proportion of students in the high-scoring group is higher than the proportion of students in the low-scoring group and there is also a difference between students in different school years.

+ Pointing out the activeness of students, the art pedagogical environment and the interest and passion for finding creative ideas are the factors that have the most influence on the creativity in creative activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

+ The thesis proposes 03 psychological - educational measures to contribute to improving the level of creativity in the creative activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

12. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis can be a useful reference for teachers, students, and educational managers at the School of Art Education in researching, evaluating, and organizing training and promoting creativity in the creative activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

13. Further research directions:

Research on the relationship between creativity and teaching ability of Fine Arts teachers in general schools.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (December 2010), “Creative personality traits of artists”, Proceedings of the Scientific Conference “20 years of Vietnamese psychology and education science – Achievements and prospects”, pp. 146 – 148.

2. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (2016), “The creativeness of students majoring in Fine Arts Education from the Creative Element Theory of Amabile Teresa. M”, Journal of Art Education (17), pp.98 - 101.

3. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (2017), “Research on creativity of students majoring in Fine Arts Education”, Journal of Education & Society (73), pp.20 - 24.

4. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (July 2017), "The current state of creativity of students majoring in Fine Arts Education expressed through the visual language of Fine Arts", Journal of Psychology (220), pp. 87 - 99.

INFORMATION ON THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. PhD student's full name: Luong Thi Thanh Hai 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: August 28, 1979 4. Place of birth: Hai Phong

5. Admission Decision number: 3202/QD-SDH dated November 08, 2010 of President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

Decision on change of PhD Student's official thesis title No. 354/QD-SDH dated March 20, 2012 of Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Decision on granting permission to PhD Student to suspend the study time No. 3106/QD-VNUHN dated October 10, 2016 of President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Official thesis title: Creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education

8. Major: Social Psychology Code: Pilot Training Program

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. PhD. Vo Thi Minh Chi and Assoc. Prof. PhD. Nguyen Sinh Phuc

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- For theoretical perspective:

+ Clarify the concept of creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education through two forms of expression: Fine arts visual language and fine arts education.

+ Show the criteria and methods of measuring creativity in visual arts activities of students of Fine Arts Education.

- For practical perspective:

+ Develop a set of tools to measure creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education – a system of test questions suitable to the major.

+ Find out a positive correlation between the expression level of creativity through multiple choice questions and the system of test questions.

+ Indicate that the creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education is at medium level, and the proportion of students in the high-scoring group is higher than in the low-scoring group, and there is a difference in the level of creativity of students among academic years.

+ Show that the positive learning of students, the art teaching environment, and excitement and passion about seeking for visualization ideas are the most influential factors on creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

+ The thesis proposes 03 psycho-educational measures to enhance the creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

11. Practical applicability:

The findings of the thesis can be a useful reference for teachers, students and educational administrators at Universities of Art Education in the study, assessment, organization of training and promotion of creativity in visual arts activities of students majoring in Fine Arts Education.

12. Further research directions:

To research the relationship between creativity and teaching capacity of Art Teachers in high schools.

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (December 2010), “Creative Personality of Artists”, Proceedings of the Scientific Seminar “20 years of Psychological Science - Vietnam Education - Achievements and prospects”, pp. 146 – 148.

2. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (2016), “Visual arts creativity of Fine Arts students from Teresa M. Amabile's Componential Theory of Creativity”, Journal of Art Education (17), pp. 98 - 101.

3. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (2017), “Research on the creativity of students majoring in Fine Arts Education”, Journal of Education and Society (73), pp. 20 - 24.

4. Luong Thi Thanh Hai (July 2017), “Reality of creativity of students majoring in Fine Arts Education expressed through fine arts visual language”, Journal of Psychology (220), pp. 87 - 99.