Психолого-педагогическая сравнительная диагностика российских и китайских учащихся с разным творческим потенциалом при обучении музыке

Introduction. Creative potential is what distinguishes gifted students from their mainstream peers, what is subject to further development and will eventually turn into talent. Creativity and talent are inseparably connected. Teachers can use creativity indicators to assess the giftedness of students. The purpose of our study is to identify how creative potential indicators can be predictors of student giftedness. The scientific novelty of the study consists in obtaining the results of comparative diagnostics of the creative potential of Russian and Chinese students in music education for further educational process planning to achieve impressive results. Methods. The survey was conducted using a comprehensive methodology designed to identify the level of students’ creative potential in music education. The respondents to the study were Chinese students from the Shenzhen College of International Education, Shenzhen, China (50 participants) and Russian students from the Rostov College of Arts, Rostov-on-Don, Russia (62 participants). The age of the college students ranged from 14 to 19 years (n = 112). The average age of the respondents was 17.1 ± 1.8 years, and the median age was 17 years. Results. The average value of the creative potential (creativity) level of the Shenzhen College of International Education (China) students was 21.67 points, and students of the Rostov College of Arts - 25.05 points, which is comparatively higher. The standard deviation shows the magnitude of the obtained data spread and is 2.74 points for Chinese students and 2.28 points for Russian students. The calculation of Student's t-criterion allows estimating the statistical significance of the identified differences in the values of the mean values for two unrelated samples. The obtained empirical value tEmp = 5.2 (p ≤0.01) is in the significance zone. In addition, the study data showed a relationship between the creative potential of students and emotional intelligence. Discussion. The results of psychological diagnostics allow editing the music training program taking into account the choice of instruments and technologies that activate emotional intelligence formation and development in groups and also students’ creative potential development.