Educational researchers' personal explicit theories on creativity and its development: a qualitative study
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate implicit theories of educational researchers on creativity and the potential to support creativity in schools. We used qualitative thematic analysis of material produced by 27 educational experts from Serbia. Personal explicit theories about manifestations of creativity are mainly based on qualities and behavior of a creative person, while there are notable differences in manifestations of creativity at different ages. There is a prevalent belief that the school can contribute to the development of creativity to a large extent. The paper broadens the field of investigation into implicit theories on creativity, from exploring the creative personality to a developmental dimension of creativity and to the possibilities of supporting creativity in the school setting.
Keywords:
creativity / implicit theories / educational researchers / qualitative studySource:
High Ability Studies, 2011, 22, 2, 219-231Publisher:
- Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
Funding / projects:
- Improving the quality and accessibility of education in modernization processes in Serbia (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47008)
- From encouraging initiative, cooperation and creativity in education to new roles and identities in society (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179034)
DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2011.628850
ISSN: 1359-8139
WoS: 000299225800006
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84858322513
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Maksić, Slavica AU - Pavlović, Jelena PY - 2011 UR - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/183 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4191 AB - The aim of this paper is to investigate implicit theories of educational researchers on creativity and the potential to support creativity in schools. We used qualitative thematic analysis of material produced by 27 educational experts from Serbia. Personal explicit theories about manifestations of creativity are mainly based on qualities and behavior of a creative person, while there are notable differences in manifestations of creativity at different ages. There is a prevalent belief that the school can contribute to the development of creativity to a large extent. The paper broadens the field of investigation into implicit theories on creativity, from exploring the creative personality to a developmental dimension of creativity and to the possibilities of supporting creativity in the school setting. PB - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon T2 - High Ability Studies T1 - Educational researchers' personal explicit theories on creativity and its development: a qualitative study EP - 231 IS - 2 SP - 219 VL - 22 DO - 10.1080/13598139.2011.628850 ER -
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Maksić, S.,& Pavlović, J.. (2011). Educational researchers' personal explicit theories on creativity and its development: a qualitative study. in High Ability Studies Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 22(2), 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2011.628850
Maksić S, Pavlović J. Educational researchers' personal explicit theories on creativity and its development: a qualitative study. in High Ability Studies. 2011;22(2):219-231. doi:10.1080/13598139.2011.628850 .
Maksić, Slavica, Pavlović, Jelena, "Educational researchers' personal explicit theories on creativity and its development: a qualitative study" in High Ability Studies, 22, no. 2 (2011):219-231, https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2011.628850 . .