IDENTITY, CREATIVITY AND WELL-BEING IN GERMAN SCHOOLS OF THE ARTS
Authors:
Britta Klopsch, Institute for Vocational Education and Pedagogies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Abstract:
Success in education does not only mean to accumulate knowledge in different subject areas. It also means having the ability to creatively deal with knowledge, to transform it, to communicate it, and co-construct it. To achieve this, students have to be socially, emotionally, and physically engaged to learn and re-learn. Traditional learning settings often do not consider the power of these soft skills that influence learning processes deeply. Some schools take them as a starting point to transform learning processes and to invest in comprehensive school development. This research focuses on the first emerging schools of the arts in the German state Baden-Wuerttemberg. It asks how students perceive their school and themselves at school apart from subject-based learning processes. And it considers if the perception is different if schools approach learning in and through the arts in their school development in different intensity. Research is based on a quantitative questionnaire that was statistically analyzed. Main findings indicate that students seem to feel noticed at school and strengthened in their identity, creativity, and well-being. Cluster analysis showed one group of students feeling well, perceiving creative learning methods, having self-esteem, and identifying themselves with the school. Another group of students reports having a considerably weaker connection to their school and to learning. School development does not seem to make a difference. To reach all students it seems necessary that schools start talking to both groups of students about their learning processes and what they need to be connected more deeply to their learning.
Keywords:
Schools of Arts, Perception of Schools, Identity, Creativity, Well-Being, School Development, Cross-Curricular Learning
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Citations:
APA:
Klopsch, B., (2020). Identity, Creativity and Well-Being in German Schools of the Arts. Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology (JETM), ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, 1(2), 37-46. doi: 10.33832/jetm.2020.1.2.03.
MLA:
Klopsch, B., “Identity, Creativity and Well-Being in German Schools of the Arts.” Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology, ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 2, 2020, pp. 37-46. JETM, http://article.nadiapub.com/JETM/vol1_no_2/3.html.
IEEE:
[1] B. Klopsch, "Identity, Creativity and Well-Being in German Schools of the Arts." Journal of Education and Teaching Methodology (JETM), ISSN: 2652-7286, NADIA, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 37-46, Dec 2020.
