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Myths about creativity: how do student teachers perceive creativity?

Even though the importance of fostering creativity and creative thinking in the area of higher education has been recognized, little attention has been paid to the teachers’ conceptions about creativity. Implicit theories are a constellation of thoughts and ideas about a particular construct that are held and applied by individuals, or beliefs that laypeople have about some phenomena. Therefore, there are two issues that require attention: the extent to which training prepares teachers to successfully undertake the task of fostering students’ creative-thinking skills, and what are the teachers’ conceptions and implicit theories of creativity in the context of higher education. The aim of this study was to explore myths about creativity among future preschool (N = 61) and primary school (N = 70) teachers, and future art teachers (N = 20). Generally, students showed moderate levels of examined myths and there were no significant differences between different study programmes. These findings are discussed in the context of their educational implications.

creativity, higher education, implicit theories, myths, students

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