Research Article

Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students

Volume: 10 Number: 1 April 30, 2024
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Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students

Abstract

In the changing world, important developments are taking place in many areas, especially in education. In order to keep up with the changes, it is necessary to acquire and apply 21st century skills in order to understand, adopt and use developments effectively. 21st century skills are the abilities necessary for individuals to be successful in a global world. These skills are "learning and innovation skills", "information, media and technology skills" and "life and career skills". The learning and innovation skills category consists of "creative thinking", "critical thinking", "problem solving", "communication" and "collaboration" skills. Creative thinking, one of the learning and innovation skills, is a skill that is rarely mentioned in daily life but enables individuals to use their potential effectively. Creative thinking, which is becoming increasingly important in today's world, can also be defined as a flexible and innovative thinking process to generate new ideas and solutions. The aim of this study is to reveal the views of teachers about the "creative thinking" skill, which is one of the 21st century learning and innovation skills, and the practices they make students acquire this skill, the problems they face and the solutions to these problems. The study group of the research consists of 10 teachers working at different levels of education in Aydın province in the 2022-2023 academic year. The participants were asked the questions in the semi-structured "creative thinking interview form" prepared by the researchers and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. According to the findings of the study, the participants (i) stated that creative thinking is important, (ii) preferred brainstorming, mind mapping, collaborative and problem-based learning activities in teaching creative thinking to students, and (iii) were concerned about student and parent apathy, lack of self-confidence and motivation in teaching creative thinking to students (iv). In order to overcome the difficulties encountered in the process of teaching creative thinking to students, teachers try to solve these problems by implementing practices aimed at giving students a positive attitude towards creative thinking and increasing their self-confidence and trying to organize learning environments in a way to encourage creativity.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Inclusive Education, Teacher and Student Wellbeing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 30, 2024

Submission Date

January 8, 2024

Acceptance Date

April 17, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 10 Number: 1

APA
Özgen, V., & Erdem, A. R. (2024). Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research, 10(1), 66-77. https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF
AMA
1.Özgen V, Erdem AR. Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students. JETPR. 2024;10(1):66-77. https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF
Chicago
Özgen, Vildan, and Ali Rıza Erdem. 2024. “Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 10 (1): 66-77. https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF.
EndNote
Özgen V, Erdem AR (April 1, 2024) Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 10 1 66–77.
IEEE
[1]V. Özgen and A. R. Erdem, “Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students”, JETPR, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 66–77, Apr. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF
ISNAD
Özgen, Vildan - Erdem, Ali Rıza. “Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research 10/1 (April 1, 2024): 66-77. https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF.
JAMA
1.Özgen V, Erdem AR. Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students. JETPR. 2024;10:66–77.
MLA
Özgen, Vildan, and Ali Rıza Erdem. “Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students”. Journal of Education, Theory and Practical Research, vol. 10, no. 1, Apr. 2024, pp. 66-77, https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF.
Vancouver
1.Vildan Özgen, Ali Rıza Erdem. Teacher Views on The Providing Creative Thinking to Students. JETPR [Internet]. 2024 Apr. 1;10(1):66-77. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87WF28CF