This thesis intends to research the effect of literary activities using wordless picture books on children's creativity. Four main research questions of the present study are as follows: First, do literary activities using wordless picture books impro...
This thesis intends to research the effect of literary activities using wordless picture books on children's creativity. Four main research questions of the present study are as follows: First, do literary activities using wordless picture books improve children's creativity? Second, do literary activities using wordless picture books improve children's creativity in language area? Third, do literary activities using wordless picture books improve children's creativity in geometry? Fourth, do literary activities using wordless picture books improve children's creativity in kinesthetic expression?
The subjects of this study were 34 five-year-old children boy: 16 ; girl: 18 from a kindergarten located in Daejeon Metropolitan City. Two wordless picture books such as "Bang" of an Apple" and "The Apple and the Butterfly" were used. The experimental group participated in literary activities whereas the comparison group did not.
To research the effect of literary activities using wordless picture books on children's creativity, the experimental group participated in literary activities using wordless picture books, twice a week (40 minutes per 1 session), for 8 weeks during two months. The total amount of time of the literacy activities was 640minutes for 16 sessions. The comparison group participated in general kindergarten curriculum and studied language activity materials related with themes of life in language area.
The strategy used by the experimental group was " Interactive Discussion" (Lim Youngsim 1994; Morrow 1998). With reference to teaching methods of wordless picture books (Lee Gyeongwu 1998), literary activities (such as) "thinking", "predicting", "discussing", "creating their own stories", and "presenting" were performed.
To measure children's creativity, Integrative Creativity Test for Children by Jeon Gyeongwon (2004) was used. Several ANCOVAS (Analysis of Covariance) of the pretest and the post-test of the experimental and comparison groups were computed.
The results of the study were as follows: First, literary activities using wordless picture books were effective in improving children's creativity in general. Second, literary activities using wordless picture books were effective in improving children's creativity in language area. Third, literary activities using wordless picture books were effective in improving children's creativity in geometry. Fourth, literary activities using wordless picture books were effective in improving children's creativity in kinesthetic expression.