Implicit individualism in teachers’ theories of creativity: through the “four p’s” looking glass
Abstract
This paper reports the results of research into teachers’ implicit theories ofcreativity. The implicit theories of creativity held by teachers may influence theireducational practice and attitude toward students’ creativity and its development.The participants were 144 primary school teachers from Serbia. The teachers wereadministered a questionnaire that included an open ended question asking them todefine creativity. The teachers’ responses were then qualitatively analyzed in linewith the Four P’s model of creativity. The most frequent responses belonged to thecategory of the creative person, followed by those responses that pointed to thecreative process. The creative person was described in terms of personality, ability,motivation, talent and giftedness, as well as knowledge. The creative process includedcognitive, expressive, practical and imaginative aspects. The implicit individualismin teachers’ theories of creativity is discussed in the light of nurturing studentcreativity at ...school.
Keywords:
teachers / creativity / implicit theories / four P’s modelSource:
The international journal of creativity & problem solvingthe international journal of creativity & problem solving, 2013, 23, 1, 39-57Publisher:
- Republic of Korea : Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu
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)
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Pavlović, Jelena AU - Maksić, Slavica AU - Bodroža, Bojana PY - 2013 UR - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/708 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4190 AB - This paper reports the results of research into teachers’ implicit theories ofcreativity. The implicit theories of creativity held by teachers may influence theireducational practice and attitude toward students’ creativity and its development.The participants were 144 primary school teachers from Serbia. The teachers wereadministered a questionnaire that included an open ended question asking them todefine creativity. The teachers’ responses were then qualitatively analyzed in linewith the Four P’s model of creativity. The most frequent responses belonged to thecategory of the creative person, followed by those responses that pointed to thecreative process. The creative person was described in terms of personality, ability,motivation, talent and giftedness, as well as knowledge. The creative process includedcognitive, expressive, practical and imaginative aspects. The implicit individualismin teachers’ theories of creativity is discussed in the light of nurturing studentcreativity at school. PB - Republic of Korea : Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu T2 - The international journal of creativity & problem solvingthe international journal of creativity & problem solving T1 - Implicit individualism in teachers’ theories of creativity: through the “four p’s” looking glass EP - 57 IS - 1 SP - 39 VL - 23 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4190 ER -
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Pavlović, J., Maksić, S.,& Bodroža, B.. (2013). Implicit individualism in teachers’ theories of creativity: through the “four p’s” looking glass. in The international journal of creativity & problem solvingthe international journal of creativity & problem solving Republic of Korea : Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu., 23(1), 39-57. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4190
Pavlović J, Maksić S, Bodroža B. Implicit individualism in teachers’ theories of creativity: through the “four p’s” looking glass. in The international journal of creativity & problem solvingthe international journal of creativity & problem solving. 2013;23(1):39-57. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4190 .
Pavlović, Jelena, Maksić, Slavica, Bodroža, Bojana, "Implicit individualism in teachers’ theories of creativity: through the “four p’s” looking glass" in The international journal of creativity & problem solvingthe international journal of creativity & problem solving, 23, no. 1 (2013):39-57, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4190 .