Erbil, Friday (May 8, 2026)
In recent days, Assis .Prof. Dr. Jawad Kazem Al-Najjar delivered a scientific seminar entitled “Designing an Educational Model Based on Elective Courses to Develop Critical and Creative Thinking Skills among Fourth-Year Fine Arts Students,” highlighting the development of a new educational model based on elective subjects aimed at enhancing critical and creative thinking skills among students in the Fine Arts Department.
The seminar pointed out that the main challenge lies in determining the effectiveness of such an educational model in developing students’ competencies across different fields of fine arts, including sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
The seminar addressed several key themes:
Foundation of the Educational Model:
The process of transforming theoretical knowledge into practical competence through innovative teaching strategies that strengthen students’ self-confidence and creative thinking.
Scientific Evaluation:
The use of a scientific assessment tool (an evaluation form consisting of ten criteria) to measure the effectiveness of the model, supported by statistical analysis through IBM SPSS Statistics.
Skill Development:
Emphasizing the transformation of mental ideas into tangible artistic works and enhancing students’ ability to analyze and evaluate artworks critically.
At the conclusion, several important findings were presented, including:
- The achievement level of creative standards among students reached a “good” level, with a rate of 70.3%.
- The criteria of “authenticity and creativity in ideas” and “the use of artistic compositional elements” recorded the highest rate, reaching 75.4%.
- Greater attention is still needed in the area of “balance and structural organization” in artistic works, as it recorded the lowest rate at 69.4%.
