Retraction of Effects of The Application of Information Technology to Art Education Therapy on University Students’ Self-Concept and Peer Relationship

Abstract

The development of information facilitates people’s life and impacts and influences traditional teaching methods. Information technology integrated into modern teaching and scientific concept learning therefore plays a critical role. The advance and development of economy and technology have the society tend to diversity. Under such a situation, university students encounter the impact of diverse value. Students with low self-concept and alienated peer relationship urgently require proper guidance for the effective improvement. Art education therapy stresses on art teachers paying attention to students’ individual difference and identifying the characteristics of students’ emotional disturbance and anomalous behavior for effective referral. Total 98 university students in two classes of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, as the research objects, are proceeded 16-week (3hr per week for total 48 hours) art education therapy with information technology. The research results show significant correlations between 1. art education therapy and self-concept, 2. art education therapy and peer relationship, and 3. self-concept and peer relationship. Finally, suggestions are proposed according to the results, expecting the intelligent instruction of school education to really inspire university students’ personality growth to achieve the goal of holistic education.