Creative Talent and Personality: A Primary Education Study (original) (raw)

Analysis of Factors Influencing Creative Personality of Elementary School Students

International Education Studies, 2017

This quantitative research examined factors that affect elementary students’ creativity and how those factors correlate. Aiming to identify significant factors that affect creativity and to clarify the relationship between these factors by path analysis, this research was designed to be a stepping stone for creativity enhancement studies. Data were gathered from 208 students in 3 fifth-grade classes and 3 sixth-grade classes in 5 different schools located in Seoul, Korea. Survey questions, asked through five-score Likert-scale items, focused on attentiveness in science class, creativity and scientific attitude, which has been shown by the literature to have positive influences on one another. The findings include that their scientific attitude, attentiveness, and creativity correlated with significance, where gender did not have an effect on the relationship. Gender and age of the students have shown no significant effect on their scientific attitude, attentiveness or creativity. Sc...

An Investigation of The Relation Between Creativity and Five Factors of Personality In Students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011

This survey has carried out to investigate the relation between creativity and five factors of personality in high school students of Ardabil. This survey is a kind of correlation study. Among high school students of Ardabil, 630 student (girl and boy) was selected by multistage cluster sampling method. For the purpose of measuring creativity and five factors of personality, subjects were asked to fill in Abedi creativity test and Goldberg personality inventory. The data survey was analyzed by the methods of descriptive statistics, statistics test of Pearson's correlation coefficient, T-independent and regression analysis. Data analysis showed that boys are more creative than girls. Also obtained results from regression analysis showed that among five factors of personality, openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness are positive predictor of creativity and neurosis is negative predictor of creativity.

An Inquiry Concerning the Characterıstics of the Creative Person

2015

This study was conducted with the participation of 20 pre-service science teachers. The study aims to examine pre-service science teachers’ views on the characteristics of the creative person. The data collected was analyzed by coding the answers. It was found that pre-service teachers mostly identified the following characteristics as the characteristics of a creative person: ‘thinks/interprets differently/originally’, ‘curious’, ‘enjoys research’, ‘has imagination’, ‘observant’, ‘self-confident’, ‘questions/enjoys questioning’, ‘sociable, not shy’, ‘open to new ideas’, ‘knowledgeable’, ‘farsighted’, ‘enjoys exploration’, ‘patient’, ‘enjoys learning’, ‘open to criticism’, and ‘talented’. These descriptions indicate that the creative person is considered to have a very wide and varied range of characteristics. This does not mean, however, that a creative person needs to have all of these characteristics at once. Keywords: creative personality characteristics, creativity, science edu...

Personality and Creativity: A Study in Spanish-Speaking Children

International Journal of Psychological Research

This work aimed at studying the relationship between personality from the Big Five Personality model and creativity through different techniques (i.e., a paper and pencil task, and scales) and informants (i.e., the child and parents). We evaluated a sample of 359 Spanish-speaking school children of both genders, aged 9 to 13 years. Personality was assessed with the Argentine Questionnaire of children’s Personality (CAPI). Creativity was evaluated using the following instruments: The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking-Figural Form B; and the Creative Personality Scale (EPC). Pearson correlations and multiple linear regressions consistently showed that Neuroticism related negatively to creativity while competence has a positive relation. The results suggested that more creative children presented less vulnerability, irritability and psychological distress, eventually becoming more independent, competent and emotionally self-regulated in coping with environmental demands.

Creativity and related variables according to educational stage: a systematic review

Creativity is a capacity present in any person that arises spontaneously in order to solve problems or create knowledge. The objective of this study is to identify the variables used in existing research related to creativity and to classify these variables according to the educational stage (infant, primary, secondary and university studies). The methodology has been directed by the PRISMA statement and has been carried out by searching the Dialnet Plus and Web of Science databases. Some of the resources used in the searches have been the use of Boolean operators, a series of filters and the presentation of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results obtained indicate how intelligence and academic performance are the most studied variables in relation to creativity regardless of the educational stage. It has been extracted how the investigations focused on children and primary school focus on aspects such as personality or control of emotions, while secondary studies analyze problem solving and the works aimed at university students are oriented towards styles of thought. In conclusion, it is necessary to highlight how creativity is present within the educational context and, therefore, it is necessary to know what variables are related to it in order to enhance said capacity through an appropriate intervention.

Some Aspects of the Creative Potential in Primary School Children

Research Papers in Economics, 2021

A notable theme in much recent primary education has been the concept of creativity. Nowadays it is highlighted the fact that creativity is directly responsible for the progress of the society. Creativity and creative potential are still seen as two abstracts concepts because literature in the field is updating day by day. The curriculum contributes the developing of trans and interdisciplinary activities. Throughout time, the most important innovations in different domains were possible only with the help of human who wanted to create something new, original and innovative. In this case, creativity plays a very important role. Developing the capacity of being creative, it is essential for surviving, as each of us is in great need of novelty and originality. The link between creativity and creative potential is very thin because it positively influences at the same time the educational process. In the article, the novelty is highlighted through the connections between creativity and creative potential in education and also, there are presented few theoretical interpretations of each concept. In order for an adult to become creative, fostering creativity and stimulating creative potential from an early age is required. The school system remains the main instrument, which society uses to cultivate and enhance creativity in young members, of school age. In this sense, the systemic modernization of education, in the light of pedagogy of creativity, is necessary. Although, the school play an essential role in training primary school children in order to be able to use their full creative potential in future productive activities. At the same time, creativity represents a condition of efficiency in both work and education. Creativity and creative potential in education stands for an important factor in developing primary school children in order to obtain an autonomous and creative personality.

Testing the Level of Creativity in Teens Based on the Characteristics of Creativity and Verbal Creativity Tests

ICEAP Proceeding Book Vol 1, 2018

Creativity is an important aspect of building a good culture of education. With this character, each individual is given the opportunity to develop his potential of intelligence in an actual manner. Good creativity is shown by the learning outcomes that not only focus on improving cognitive abilities but also on the process of solving a problem either by using divergent or convergent thinking skills. This study was carried out using the quantitative description to obtain an overview and the extension of the condition or level of creativity that exists in Indonesian teenagers. The study was conducted using two instruments, namely the Creativity Character Scale consisting of 10 items and a set of Verbal Creativity Tests (TKV) consisting of 6 subtests. The total subjects involved in this study were 470 students who were divided into two groups in which one group got the character scale of creativity while the rest were given the Verbal Ability Test. The results of the study through the acquisition of creativity scores, either from the Creativity Character Scale or Verbal Creativity Tests, describe that there were still many students who have not optimized their creativity. This becomes a serious concern that can be anticipated early by providing information about the importance of creativity. Furthermore, by knowing this, there is a possibility to create a potential instrument that could be effectively and directly used to capturing the condition of one's creativity.

Developmental Characteristics of Creative Thinking Ability and Creative Personality of Elementary School Children in Korea

2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the developmental characteristics of creative thinking ability and creative personality of elementary school children in Korea. 2,782 participants of elementary school children, who were 6 to 11 years old, were randomly sampled nationwide in this study. Then, the creativity test was administrated to identify the developmental characteristics of creative thinking ability and creative personality. The data were analyzed according to total scores and factor score. The developmental trends of creativity were identified as the result of statistical analysis. It was thought that these results will give some implications to identify the individual differences in creativity, giftedness and to develop the educational program for fostering children's creativity.

The Nature of Creativity: The Roles of Genetic Factors, Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Environmental Sources

The Nature of Creativity: The Roles of Genetic Factors, Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Environmental Sources , 2015

was initiated by Alois Angleitner, Rainer Riemann, and Frank M. Spinath as a joint research project with funding from the Max Planck Research Prize awarded to Alois Angleiter. In addition, many other investigators contributed to both studies. We thank the whole GOSAT and BiLSAT research teams as well as the twins for spending part of their lifetime with both study projects. We are also indebted to the many experimenters for collecting the data, in particluar to Simone Penke and Anna-Karen Stürmer for their help in rating the T-88 creativity test data. Finally, we thank our master students Katharina Buchenau, Miriam