Action Research on College Students’ Learning Satisfaction of Incorporating Art Therapy and Spirituality into A Career Planning Course

Abstract

The investigation of college students' learning satisfaction for a new teaching model: Example of incorporating art therapy and spirituality into a career planning course. The subjects of this action research were 47 freshmen enrolled in the "Career Planning-Soft Power of Employability" course (10 males and 37 females). Two types of Likert scale questionnaire surveys were conducted before the end of the first semester. The Learning Satisfaction Questionnaire survey showed that the students' response to the course was positive. Regarding the precursor activity designed for incorporating art therapy into the career planning course, the students' average learning satisfaction was 4.45 with a standard deviation of 0.82, whereas their average learning satisfaction of overall curriculum planning was 4.34 with a standard deviation of 0.78. The results of open feedback forms showed that the incorporation of art therapy into the relevant activities of this course helped enhance the students' concentration and interest in learning. In addition, the course was designed to enhance the effectiveness of teaching assessment. The results of the Teaching Assessment Questionnaire showed that the students' average satisfaction of teaching in this course was 4.44 with a standard deviation of 0.78. Finally, this action research not only proposed specific suggestions for incorporating art therapy and spirituality into career planning course design and teaching method but also pointed out the direction for future action research on the incorporation of expressive art therapy into the relevant course activities of general education.

Listening to the Voice Within Effectiveness of a Spirituality-Oriented College Career Planning Course

“…The significance and essence of everyday spiritual experiences are connected to spirituality or belief. Spirituality is an experience that every person possesses, involving listening to their inner voice and looking at things from different perspectives (Peng & Chiang, 2018). Human spirituality has a religious dimension because of its pursuit of meaning, infinity, and the divine, yet it's not necessarily linked to specific religious beliefs (Sun, 2019).…”

Efficacy of Flipping the College Career Planning Course -- A Finance Career Planning Course

“…The study on the series of issues and actions in relation to "specialty-oriented career support" in 2014-2020 emphasizes three aspects of specialty-oriented career planning at colleges: (1) advocacy of the importance of specialty orientation in higher education (Peng, 2015); ( 2) content analysis of specialty-oriented career planning curriculum and design (Peng, Lin, & Lin, 2017;Peng & Chiang, 2018); (3) change in teaching methods for specialty-oriented career planning courses (Peng & Lin, 2019;Peng & Shie, 2020). To sum up the relevant research findings on specialty-oriented career planning, this study primarily aims to explore the change in teaching methods for specialty-oriented career planning courses and the effectiveness of applying flipped classroom teaching to specialty-oriented career planning courses on the learning satisfaction and career planning effectiveness of first-year college students under different academic systems.…”

Application the GCC Model for Community Counselors' On-the-Job Training to Promote Career Intervention Skills ─ College Specialty-Oriented Career Planning Skills

“…The content analysis of the curriculum design of specialty-oriented career planning courses shows (Peng, Lin, & Lin, 2017): (1) A TYS and NTUB co-organized two-semester experimental project on "Career Counseling Education Curriculum Promotion Model" study in 2017-2018 finds that in addition to the sharing of career counseling theories and professional topic contents, the course content may include the teaching of "specialty-oriented career planning" by alumni of the Finance Department, the "career advisors", and the interviewing of upper-classmen, "academic advisors". (2) An action research on learning satisfaction in incorporating art therapy and spirituality into a college specialty-oriented career planning course (Peng, 2018b) finds that incorporating art therapy-related activities into the curriculum helps to enhance concentration, increase learning interest, and improve students' learning satisfaction. Students also respond that the course has a stress-relieving and meditative effect.…”