The study was intended to fmd effects of right-brained art program on
children's brain preference and emotional intelligence. The study was conducted on
127 children at two classes respectively in the third grade, K Elementary School,
and in the fifth grade, S Elementary School, Seoul. Among them, a respective
class in the third and the fifth grade was taken as the experimental group
(left-brained children 28 and right-brained children 35 in respective classes) and
another class in respective grades as the control group (left-brained children 27
and right-brained children 37 in respective classes). Total twelve 40-minute sessions
of right-brained art program were given to the experimental group twice a week
for six weeks.
The results of this study are summed up as follows: First, marks for right-brain
preference [t(50)=2.1O, p < .05] of left-brained children at the experimental group
who were given right-brained learning showed a significant difference compared to
left-brained children at the control group, while right-brained children at the
experimental group didn't show any significant difference compared to their
counterparts at the control group. This improvement of left-brained children in
right-brain preference suggests that right-brained education has favorably influenced
on the brain preference of children. Second, compared to the control group,
analysis of post test marks of the experimental group by sex showed statistically
significant difference between boys and girls [t(50) = 2.10, p<.05]. The same was
applied to the result of post tests by ages [t(50) = 2.46, P < .05]. This suggests
that right-brained art program significantly improved emotional intelligence of
children at the experimental group across all sexes and ages compared to the
control group. These results prove that right-brained art program is effective in
improving brain preference and emotional intelligence of children.