Impact of the Arts Education (for college students)

Thank you so much to spare several minutes to fill in this questionnaire. I promise sincerely that all the questionnaire results are used for academic research exclusively and kept confidential.

Q1:For which degree are you studying?

bachelor's degree

academic master's degree

professional academic degree

doctorate degree

Q2:In which kind of majors are you studying?

science and technology

humanity and social science

comprehensive or cross diciplince (including economics, management, psychology, etc.)

arts related

Q3:To which category does your father's occupation belong (before retirement)?

farmer or out of work

public sector employees (including employees in governments, public schools and research institutes, etc.)

private sector employees (including blue collar and white collar workers, but middle or high level management excluded)

middle or high level management of private sector

self-employed (including private proprietors and independent professionals, but not arts related)

arts related work

others

Q4:To which category does your mother's occupation belong (before retirement)?

farmer or housewife

public sector employees (including employees in governments, public schools and research institutes, etc.)

private sector employees (including blue collar and white collar workers, but middle or high level management excluded)

middle or high level management of private sector

self-employed (including private proprietors and independent professionals, but not arts related)

arts related work

others

Q5:which is the education level of the more educated one of your parents?

middle shcool or below

high school

undergraduate

graduate

I'm not sure

Q6:Does one of your parents be proficient in some arts skill or knowledge?

both of them

one of them

none of them

I'm not sure

Q7:Have you any expeirence in learning arts skills or knowdge or are you an arts fan? you can choose one or more than one option below:

I had ever joined some kind of arts training class or program before the college

I have choosed at least one arts related course in the college, or recieved arts education outside the college

I have joined some arts related program, activities or clubs during the college

I had ever learned some form of arts skill or knowledge by myself before the college

I'm learning some form of arts skill or knowledge by myself during the college

I'm an arts fan, enjoying some arts related hobby (even though I have no experiences in learning arts)

none of the above

Q8:If youhave any experiences in learning arts (learning by yourself or others, before or during college), joining arts related activities, or just are an arts fan, then which kind of arts form is it?

arts appreciation, arts history or arts theories

instrument playing

visual arts

singing, dancing or opera

others

more than one of the above

Q9:Which do you think to be the greatest help to you to learn or enjoy the arts? (please choose at most three most important items you think)

stimulate iamgination and creativity

enhance confidence, charisma or moral cultivation

improve inter personal relationship or inter personal skills

promote academic skills such as linguistic, mathematical, logical or visua-spatial reasoning skills, etc.

enhance self management capabilities or strengthen attitude/character of pursing excellence.

alleviate stress, enrich daily life and improve feeling of happiness

others

can't figure out any help explicitly

Q10:Do you think learning or enjoying arts enhance your skills in learning other academic courses or capabilities? If yes, then what do you think to be the most enhanced skills? (please choose at most three most important items you think)

mathematical or logic analytical skills

linguistic skills (including foreign language)

visual-spatial reasoning skills

memory

imagination, creativity or critical thinking

character/attitude of attention concentration, perseverance or pursuing excellence

others

can't feel any help in other skills explicitly

Q11:Do you think learning or enjoying arts improve your inter personal skills or character fulfillment? If yes, then what do you think to be the most enhanced skills or characters? (please choose at most three most important items you think)

emotion management

sympathetic feelings or better observing others' emotion/feelings

enhance confidence

expression or communication skills

improve self image, intimacy, temperament or charisma

more social contact via joining arts activities or clubs

others

can't feel any help in inter personal skills explicitly

Q12:Do you believe learning arts could improve your employability? (capabilities, chances or qualification to get satisfied jobs)

Yes, I believe

I hope so, but not sure

I don't think there's any real help in employability

Q13:If you have ever choosed some arts education course or know about arts education courses in the college, then what do you think to be the biggest problem of the arts education courses in college? (please choose two most important items you think)

insufficient quantity or quality of the teaching faculty

monotonous teaching form, which cannot stimulate enough interest or passion

monotonous or out-of-fashion course content, which cannot catch up with the modern arts trend

the options are too narrow to choose