Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning
ISSN: 0040-0912
Article publication date: 3 August 2022
Issue publication date: 15 September 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The content of training (art-based method) and instructional strategies (blended learning) can improve business school students' creativity and attempts to determine how training can be maintained using longitudinal tracking. The study aims to answer (1) whether the incorporation of art-based methods enhances the creativity of students compared to traditional face-to-face (F2F) teaching, and (2) whether such creative training and blended teaching methods have a higher transfer of training.
Design/methodology/approach
This study adopted a two-stage design (1) it adopted a 2 × 2 (with or without art-based methods * blended teaching or F2F teaching) between-subject design of experiments with 221 participants and (2) a one-year follow-up study was conducted (participants who were employed for 6 months to one year after graduation) with 187 participants and their directors.
Findings
The results showed that the inclusion of art-based methods in the creative training of students strengthens creative ability of the students; there were no significant differences between blended and traditional learning. The authors examined the effect of transferring creative training through a questionnaire analysis of participants and employers of the participants. Self-regulated and self-directed learning positively influence motivation to transfer, which positively influences creative performance.
Originality/value
The higher the level of self-regulated and self-directed learning of students, the more effective the transfer of creative training is over time.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to sincerely thank the two anonymous reviewers for the constructive comments and suggestions, which have helped the authors tremendously in refining the paper.
Citation
Kuo, T.-H. and Tien, H.-K. (2022), "Enhancing the effects of creativity training for business school students through art-based methods and blended learning", Education + Training, Vol. 64 No. 5, pp. 642-661. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-07-2021-0282
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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