Faculty of Education and human development, The Education University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education and Human Development New Territories, Taipo, New Territories, Hong Kong.
School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
PLoS One. 2024 May 14;19(5):e0298901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298901. eCollection 2024.
The application of visual art and other extracurricular activities to children's sustainable development is predominantly discussed in Western countries. Consequently, non-Western society could not cherish the benefit of visual art on their children's cognitive and non-cognitive skill development due to a lack of evidence that would revive the community, educators, and policy-makers' impressions about visual art activities, in addition to its amusement use. Thus, the present study adopted a cross-sectional study comprised of a large-scale survey (N = 1624) taken from the southwest part of China to assess the impact of out-of-school visual art activities on children's academic attainment across economically advantaged and disadvantaged children. Astonishingly, the study's findings shed light on current Chinese parents' dedication to purchasing out-of-school activities regardless of their social class difference; notwithstanding, lower-class parents ought to learn that spending time with their children during their activities is more beneficial. The study's implication calls for curriculum policy reform involving aesthetic education and expanding community youth centers for different extracurricular activities.
视觉艺术和其他课外活动在儿童可持续发展中的应用主要在西方国家进行讨论。因此，由于缺乏证据来恢复社区、教育工作者和决策者对视觉艺术活动的印象，除了其娱乐用途外，非西方社会无法重视视觉艺术对儿童认知和非认知技能发展的益处。因此，本研究采用了一项横断面研究，该研究包括一项来自中国西南部的大规模调查（N=1624），以评估校外视觉艺术活动对经济上处于优势和劣势的儿童学业成绩的影响。令人惊讶的是，研究结果揭示了当前中国父母无论社会阶层差异如何都热衷于购买校外活动；尽管如此，低阶层的父母应该认识到，在孩子参加活动时与他们共度时光更有益。该研究的意义呼吁进行课程政策改革，包括审美教育，并为不同的课外活动扩大社区青年中心。
