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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021

Introduction

At the Srinakharinwirot university, where I am working for the Art Education

Program, I advocate art therapy techniques in complying to visual art education,
wishing art education students to earn knowledge in visual art expression in term
of integrating the relation between human inner expression for the content of self-

awareness, self-improvement, and self-development.

Focusing on art expression mechanism and its psychological effects,
I deliver various art activities, including creativity as well as mind and physical
wellbeing, hoping that students will be saturated with therapeutic benefits of the

art as therapy for children. (Lertsiri Bovornkitti, 2009)

On working with children, art teachers have the opportunity to employ the
creative process mechanism to enhance students’ variable intelligences and skills
development. In this context, I found that the circle shape and pattern which is one

of the basic visual elements, presents in most cultures expressed various meanings,
have helped students to focus, feel calm and relax, into being aware of their inner

thoughts and feelings. The aspect of personal growth is then relevant to the
creative art process.

This communication with particular aims at discussing concepts of circles in
art and art education, where art teachers and artists can figure out whether such

art activity would yield positive art education and learning outcomes, hoping that
content present would embrace their knowledge of art in art education and
personal growth contexts.

From philosophy to implementation

A question why art could be a great personal development tool. Recently,
the notion of primary education in the schools’ syllabus to include art as a core

subject according to logical reasons that creating art would enhance the skills,
especially the self and social skills, as seen in some developing nations of Southeast
Asia, such as Thailand and Singapore.

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