A self-case study of the female doctoral student's own creative metacognition on art expressions: Based on the theory of creative metacognition (CMC)

Abstract

What is the secret of a female doctoral student's creative artistic expression? Is this creative artistic expression controllable? Can this creative artistic expression be interdisciplinary? Does this creative artistic expression apply to every ordinary person? This case study aims to explore how a female doctoral student uses the creative metacognition to express creativity and identity in creative art design activities. The theoretical framework, based on the creative metacognitive theory (Kaufman & Beghetto, 2013) helps to meta cognize and qualitatively analyze the art cases. Through this study, it is confirmed that an impact of a female doctoral student's creative metacognition model on creative artistic expression through applying one's own identity, potential, and creativity to carry out artistic conceptions, creations, and practices. The significances of this study lie in this research reveals how a female doctoral student made creative artistic expression, even cross-disciplinary and how to evaluate and manage their own artistic expressions in a creative metacognitive way; and guide every common individual to better aware and understand one's own pros and cons to make creation and artist expressions. Moreover, the meta-cognitive model of a female doctoral student's creative artistic creation uncovered in this study give more insights to researchers, leaders, instructors, students, and other relevant people in the field of creativity, creative metacognition, and arts, to promote deeper comprehension and application of creative metacognition, creativity, and artistic creation.