University Education and Creativity: An Assessment From Students’ Perspective
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Problem Statement: This study consists of three main problems: first what
university students understand from creativity, secondly what they
conceptualize about creativity in university education, and finally their
personal evaluations and recommendations about creativity in university
education.
Purpose of Study: The
study aimed to find out the perceptions, assessments, comments, experiences and
suggestions of a group of fourth year university students related to university
education and creativity.
Method: Designed as a
qualitative research, phenomenological methodology was followed, data was
collected using focus group interview and analyzed via thematic analysis.
Findings: The results
indicated that students found their university education mostly as uncreative,
and experienced with limited number of creative practices during their
education, and they thought that university education did not contribute to
their creativity potential in general.
Implications for Research and
Practice: This study provided findings related to the meaning
and evaluation of creativity as well as creative and uncreative practices,
effect of university education on student’s creativity potential, and
recommendations for university education as it was perceived by university
students. It is expected that this research will lead to a broader scale
research with the basic data it supplies. The research related to university
education and creativity is limited in Turkey, and this study supplies basic
and important findings.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Şubat 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
31 Mart 2019
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 80