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Maleki M, Karimzadeh M, GhorbanJahromi R, Amiri M. (2025). Effectiveness of an Artistic Thinking Educational Theatre on the Aesthetic Thinking of Elementary School Girls. Journal of Childhood Health and Education. 6(3), 480-491. doi:10.32598/JECHE.6.3.382.2
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1- Department of Psychology, SR.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, SR.C., Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran.
4- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities Sciences, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.
2- Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Psychology, SR.C., Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran.
4- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities Sciences, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.
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Background and Aim Enhancing aesthetic thinking in school children by art education can improve their school performance and mental health. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of an artistic thinking educational program (theatre) on aesthetic thinking of elementary school girls.
Research Methods This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test/one-month follow-up design. The study population included all female students from the second-year elementary schools (grades 4-6) in Tehran, Iran, in the 2024-2025 school year. Among them, 24 were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 12, including control and intervention. The intervention group received ten 90-minute sessions of artistic thinking training through educational theater based on Goodman's Project Zero art education approach and Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence. The Aesthetic Intelligence Questionnaire was used to collect data. The repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSSsoftware, version 26 was used to analyze the data.
Results The ANOVA results showed that the effect of time (F=400.323, P=0.001, effect size=0.93) and the interaction effect of group×time (F=409.892, P=0.001, effect size=0.90) on students' aesthetic thinking. The results of the Bonferroni test showed no significant difference between the post-test and followup scores of aesthetic thinking (P=0.178). Therefore, the effect of artistic thinking intervention on the students' aesthetic thinking was maintained for one month.
Conclusion The artistic thinking educational theater can imrpove the aesthetic thinking skills of elementary school girls.
Research Methods This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test/one-month follow-up design. The study population included all female students from the second-year elementary schools (grades 4-6) in Tehran, Iran, in the 2024-2025 school year. Among them, 24 were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 12, including control and intervention. The intervention group received ten 90-minute sessions of artistic thinking training through educational theater based on Goodman's Project Zero art education approach and Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence. The Aesthetic Intelligence Questionnaire was used to collect data. The repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSSsoftware, version 26 was used to analyze the data.
Results The ANOVA results showed that the effect of time (F=400.323, P=0.001, effect size=0.93) and the interaction effect of group×time (F=409.892, P=0.001, effect size=0.90) on students' aesthetic thinking. The results of the Bonferroni test showed no significant difference between the post-test and followup scores of aesthetic thinking (P=0.178). Therefore, the effect of artistic thinking intervention on the students' aesthetic thinking was maintained for one month.
Conclusion The artistic thinking educational theater can imrpove the aesthetic thinking skills of elementary school girls.
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Received: 2025/07/9 | Accepted: 2025/10/7 | Published: 2025/12/16
Received: 2025/07/9 | Accepted: 2025/10/7 | Published: 2025/12/16
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