The Effectiveness of VisualArts Training onEnhancing Creativity in ElementarySchoolChildren Using the Educational Package of "ArtTraining, Advocator of Innovator Child"

This research was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of visual arts training using «ArtsEducation، Advocator of Innovator Child». The researcher made an educational package for creativity in elementary school children. 80 students (40 girls and 40 boys) were selected among the fourth grade students in the cityof Tehran، district3، through multistage cluster sampling and they were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. The instruments of the research included TorranceTestof Creative Thinkingimageand the researcher made educational package. The experimental groupreceived 15 one-hour sessions of educational interventionand the follow up was done after 6 weeks. The obtained data were analyzed throughcovariance analysis. The findings showed that educational intervention hadasignificant influence on the total creativity score (p=0. 00،p=0. 005) as well as on two components of creativity، originality (p=0. 005، p=0. 008) andelaboration (p=0. 00،p=0. 001). There were no significant differences in fluency scores and flexibility scores between experimental and control groups. It can be concluded that the «Arts Education، Advocator of Innovator Child» educational package، can be used as an appropriate educational tool for developing creativity in elementary school children.