Creative Thinking in Prospective Teachers: The "Status Quo" and the Impact of Contextual Factors

Autor/inn/en	Meintjes, Hannetjie; Grosser, Mary
Titel	Creative Thinking in Prospective Teachers: The "Status Quo" and the Impact of Contextual Factors
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 30 (2010) 3, S.361-386 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Creative Thinking; Preservice Teachers; Context Effect; Creativity Tests; Least Squares Statistics; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; School Culture; Educational Environment; Role Models; Socioeconomic Influences; Acculturation; Cultural Differences; Preservice Teacher Education; Cultural Influences; Undergraduate Students; Hypothesis Testing; Pilot Projects; Parent Background; South Africa; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kreatives Denken; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Identifikationsfigur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Akkulturation; Kultureller Unterschied; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Elternhaus; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	To create unique and appropriate learning opportunities and environments and to nurture the development of creative thinking abilities among learners are some of the demands for creative thinking currently expected of teachers globally and also in South Africa. Creative thinking in academic context assumes, among other things, the ability to generate a variety of original ideas, to see different viewpoints and elaborate on ideas. We report on the findings of a quantitative pilot investigation by means of experimental research utilizing an "ex post facto" design to determine the "status quo" regarding the creative thinking abilities of a hetrogeneous group of 207 pre-service teachers studying at a South African university, using the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults (ATTA) and a Partial Least Squares (PLS) exploration into the relationship between contextual factors and the students' creative thinking abilities. Strong correlations were found among a variety of contextual factors such as the type of school model and culture and creative thinking abilities and also between specific contextual factors such as the choice of role model and socio economic and acculturation factors and certain creative thinking abilities. This research explores a largely unknown field, namely, the creative thinking abilities of a group of South African pre-service teachers of different cultural groups and creates an awareness of the need for the development of creative thinking abilities among these prospective teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
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Update	2020/1/01