Are you creative if you say so? How to develop & asses creativity in Teacher Training Education.

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If a person presents herself as “a creative” you might wonder if she is truly
creative and how you manage to stay creative? This study explores the
use of self-assessment as a tool in creativity-testing versus test of actual
creative behavior. We explore the above by investigating 60 students
creative selfefficacy and compare the result with their ability to solve
“Guilfords alternative uses task” twice. Before and after a three week
course of entrepreneurship. We want to see if the students develop, loose
or maintain their creative mindset.
The students were asked to be entrepreneurs in their field of expertise,
teaching how to incorporate play, exercise and learning in school activities
at primary or secondary schools. They used “The Stanford Bootcamp
Bootleg” toolkite as a guideline in developing this learning activity. They
had to actually test their prototype of learning materiel on children.
In the analysis we draw on and compare the creative selfefficacy and an
alternative test of creativity combined with observations and experiences.
We ask the student to grade their own habits of being inquisitive,
persistent, Imaginative, collaborative as well as disciplined in crafting and
reflecting. The test is developed by Lucas, Claxton & Spencer for OECD
We then ask the student “How many uses for a paperclip can you think
of?” (“Guilfords alternative uses task”), where we investigate the level of
fluency.
Expected findings suggest that the students change their perception of
their own creative selfefficacy as well as their performance in the Guilford
creativity test, and that they in their work as entrepreneurs/teachers not
always show great creativity. Our hypothesis is that you can enhance the
creative selfefficacy in students by having:
1.High expectations to your students.
2.Visible signs of success and once in while easy access to success.
3.A not stressing environment.
4.Access to very creative people to imitate.

Periode	26 jan. 2015
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