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The teachers' perception of the factors that promote the cultivation of creative thinking

Interdisciplinary Research in Counseling, Ethics and Philosophy - IRCEP

In recent years, the subject of creative thinking has taken a central place in the various areas of life promoting these important areas by proposing innovative ideas and solutions. In a special way, the issue of creative thinking in the field of education has recently been found as a central issue, putting it in the central of many curriculums and calling for its cultivation among students. A major reason for that is that the world that has become dynamic and is changing rapidly in recent years, especially thanks to the rapidly advancing technology that affects all areas of our lives, educational, economic, social, political and others. So much so, in many educational systems, they started talking about preparing the learner for the unknown future. Since creative thinking is thinking that breaks rules and norms, it allows seeing or creating unknown connections between different components, thus enabling the creation of new and unknown ideas and solutions that will help the learner ...

Student Teachers’ Beliefs about Creativity

British Educational Research Journal, 1999

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to examine student teachers' beliefs about creativity, creative outcomes, and factors related to creativity. Even though the importance of facilitating creativity in educational settings has been recognised, little attention has been paid to teachers' beliefs about creativity. In this study, a questionnaire, designed to explore conceptualisations of creativity and issues related to it, was administered to 49 student teachers. The results indicated that student teachers tend to perceive creativity as a ...

Relationship of Creative Thinking with the Academic

The major purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between Creative Thinking and Academic Achievements of Secondary School Students. The study was conducted using survey design method. A total number of 256 students participated in the study. Participants were selected using random table. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking [TTCT] was used to measure creative potential of participants on four elements. Pearson Correlation and one-way ANOVA were used to verify hypothesis. Results revealed a statistically significant relationship between i) creative thinking and students' academic achievements on different aspects of test of creative thinking, ii) creative thinking and academic achievements. However, the relationship could be altered when different level of academic achievement is examined and when creative thinking measure employed. The study has considerable implications for education as a whole.

Promoting the Development of Creativity in Education

2019

Creativity is progressively recognized as a key element of success in education. The various aspects and conditions of creativity have been identified by researchers, but currently, it appears to seem as a more important subject of interest towards many scientists. This article highlights the importance of developing the creativity of primary school children in the context of education. In a creative learning environment, primary school children expand their skills and strategies on various aspects of creative development. Creativity is an important part of education, making learning itself a social activity. The success of progress and evolution should be at the forefront of developing children creativity. First, it should be able to organize, select the right information, secondly to develop critical and original thinking and, last but not least, to manifest its creativity in its own affections and desires. The critical thinking and inner motivation of children influence the devel...

Developing Students ’ Creativity

2013

Creativity is important at both the individual and the societal levels. Creative accomplishments help to build a more interactive world that fortifies human civilization. Many researchers believe that components of creativity can be influenced by schools. In fact, teachers as change agents can stimulate the development of students’ creative potential, and can also help them acquire skills and knowledge necessary to generate novel and useful ideas. This paper reviews writings in an attempt to clearly identify the factors that enhance students’ creative thinking and hence that need to be taken into consideration when managing creativity in educational organizations. The literature review summarizes two key factors that affect students’ creativity, namely organizational (effective leadership, culture) and individual factors (personality factors, motivation, knowledge). [Mojgan Afshari, Simin Ghavifekr, Saedah Siraj, & Ahmad Zabidi Abdul Razak. Developing Students’ Creativity. Life Sci ...

Educational Research and Reviews Improved creative thinkers in a class: A model of activity based tasks for improving university students' creative thinking abilities

The main objective of this study was improving university students' from different faculties creativity thinking through a creativity education process. The education process took twelve weeks' time. As pretest, Torrance test of creative thinking (TTCT) figural form was used. Participants were 24 university students from different faculties who attended the course of " Fostering of Creativity and Creative Thinking " in spring semester. In the beginning of the lessons, TTCT Figural Form A was completed by all the students. After completion of the sessions, TTCT Figural Form B was asked to be completed as the last test. Also, all the participants were requested to made verbal comments about the effects of the lessons on their creative thoughts. The results of this research indicated that creativity based educational activities have a positive impact on creative thinking of the students, and they mentioned that they gained how to think divergently in their daily life. The results of the TTCT indicated that students' perform better especially in originality and closure factors.

Pedagogical Conditions for the Effective Formation of Creative Thinking of Art Students

Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment,, 2020

The essence of the concept "creative thinking" is considered, and its working definition is formulated. Special attention is given to the identification of pedagogical foundations of future teachers' creative thinking development, which accounting will promote the increase of the efficiency of the considered process. Future teachers' creative thinking development is advantageously realized in the course of students' vocational training, during which it is necessary to rely not only on mental development regularities knowledge (theoretical thinking, creative thinking peculiarities, sustained attention, imagination, and integration of memory) and students' individual characteristics (maturity of motivation to creative activities, the maturity of speech, volitional powers) but also on the competently organized didactic process (training to work with the concepts and their use, application of the system of creative tasks, developing the ability to overcome intellectual difficulties). Results of students' activity studying on the basis of creative tasks have shown that creative thinking skills development depends on the students' thinking orientation in the processing of the received educational information; Also, creative thinking skills development depends on students' subjective attitude towards tasks, that is going to be helpful them during the educational process. This study aims to examine the essence of the concept of "creative thinking" and identify pedagogical foundations for its development in future teachers. The following methods of scientific and pedagogical research are used to achieve the objectives: the methods of theoretical research: the analysis of psychological and educational literature; methods of empirical research: students' activity products' studying, observation, conversation, pedagogical experiment.