TY - JOUR
T1 - Soul behind the skill, heart behind the technique
T2 - Experiences of flow among artistically talented students in Singapore
AU - Garces-Bacsal, Rhoda Myra
AU - Cohen, Libby
AU - Tan, Liang See
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This article was supported by the Office of Educational Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Case studies of students enrolled in a specialized secondary school in Singapore describe the experiences of flow among 14 teacher-nominated adolescents talented both in the arts and in academics. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with the respondents to discern whether they experience flow as they each engage in their respective art forms (visual arts, dance, music, and theater). Qualitative analysis of the interview transcripts reveals elements of the flow state (clear goals, intense concentration, enjoyment, loss of self-consciousness, transformation of time) highly evident among the talented teenagers. Environmental supports that enable expressions of artistic inclinations and identities within the Singapore context were likewise in conjunction with implications for arts-educators and artist-practitioners.
AB - Case studies of students enrolled in a specialized secondary school in Singapore describe the experiences of flow among 14 teacher-nominated adolescents talented both in the arts and in academics. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with the respondents to discern whether they experience flow as they each engage in their respective art forms (visual arts, dance, music, and theater). Qualitative analysis of the interview transcripts reveals elements of the flow state (clear goals, intense concentration, enjoyment, loss of self-consciousness, transformation of time) highly evident among the talented teenagers. Environmental supports that enable expressions of artistic inclinations and identities within the Singapore context were likewise in conjunction with implications for arts-educators and artist-practitioners.
KW - Asian
KW - artistically talented teenagers
KW - creativity
KW - flow
KW - qualitative methodologies
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U2 - 10.1177/0016986211413574
DO - 10.1177/0016986211413574
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959793392
SN - 0016-9862
VL - 55
SP - 194
EP - 207
JO - Gifted Child Quarterly
JF - Gifted Child Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -