Test school children's artistic endowment and check test results against subsequent training¶

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Description¶

The editorial recommends that schools systematically assess children's artistic endowments, following the lines Seashore suggested for musical ability in "Psychology in Daily Life," and then validate the tests longitudinally: "a careful checking of the results of such tests on the basis of subsequent training." The rationale is conserving creative artistic talent for society and developing pupils' potentialities.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Artistic-endowment tests administered in schools, on the lines suggested for musical ability by Seashore
• Follow-up of tested children through subsequent training to validate the test predictions

Constraints¶

• The editorial notes such an extensive study of school children's artistic endowment is what is "urgently needed," implying it does not yet exist

Target Learners¶

• school children

Target Learning Goals¶

• identification and development of artistic endowment and creative potential

Related Strategies¶

• Establish a central agency or endowed fund devoted to systematic, thorough series of experiments on teaching, interpreted in light of known facts about the learning process.

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• J. C. B. (1916). Endowment. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 7(8), 498-499. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Educational_Psychology