대학생의 창의역량 함양을 위해 개발된 교양강좌의 효과분석

Abstract

Objectives In this study, the effectiveness of the liberal arts course developed to cultivate creativity, one of the core competencies of future talent, was verified for college students.
 Methods The liberal arts course for nurturing the creativity competency of college students aims to cultivate self-actualizing creativity, while continuously experiencing daily creativity, develop meta-cognition of creativity, and acquire integrated creativity by acquiring complex knowledge and thinking skills about creativity. Classes were conducted in a variety of ways, including lectures by professors, individual practice, conversation with peers, group games, team discussions, team projects, and presentations. The team consisted of 5-6 members per team considering the diversity of sex, grade, major, and problem-solving ability. The duration of the course was 13 weeks per semester (excluding midterm and final exams), and was conducted twice a week, 75 minutes at a time, over a semester. The questionnaire was conducted during the first week of class (1st week) and the week before the final exam (14th week), and the collected creativity and social efficacy questionnaire responses were analyzed through descriptive statistics and paired-sample t-test.
 Results It was found that the level of integrated creativity and social self-efficacy of the students who took the course increased significantly after taking the course. In addition, the perception of creativity was recognized as an abstract and single component before taking it, but as a concrete and complex component after taking it.
 Conclusions This study shows that the liberal arts course developed for the purpose of cultivating the creative competency of college students was effective. This provides meaningful implications for the direction and method of creativity education in universities.