Visser, Rik (2022) Music Education: Stimulating Musical Creativity in Primary School Children through Non-Verbal Autonomy Support. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The present study aims to provide insight on the stimulation of musical creativity in primary education through an intervention on non-verbal autonomy support in primary school teachers and the subsequent musical creativity, characterized through convergent thinking and acting, of the children. Based on the literature that autonomy support stimulates creativity, and the idea that non-verbal autonomy support, such as gesturing, has additional value on top of verbal autonomy support, it is hypothesized that non-verbal autonomy support by teachers could enhance creativity in primary school children. Monte Carlo analyses and moving maximums were used to analyze the increases of non-verbal autonomy support in teachers. The Monte Carlo analyses were also used to assess increases in convergent thinking and acting in the children. Finally, we expected to see increases in non-verbal autonomy support in teachers and in convergent thinking and acting in children, and that these increases are correlated. State space grids were used to study the latter. Results showed that the intervention led to meaningful improvement in non-verbal autonomy support in teachers. Contrary to the expectation, results showed no support for improvement in convergent thinking and acting in the children. When we looked at the interaction of the former, the teacher-class combinations showed mixed results, as there were signs of coherence, but not always in a positive direction for both variables. Therefore, this research shows that primary school teachers can be trained to use non-verbal autonomy support, but that it does not directly lead to increased convergent thinking and acting in children.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Steenbeek, H.W. and Hendriks, L.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2022 15:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2022 15:19 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/278 |
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