Ability of Spanish Preservice Teachers to Differentiate Between Creative and Reproductive Activities in the Classroom

[EN] Creativity is a key competency for the 21st century society and the development of certain scientific aspects related to creativity should constitute a priority in education. But to do so, teachers need to have the skills, confidence and pedagogical knowledge necessary. This paper investigates...

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Autores: Izquierdo-Sanchis, Eva, Solaz-Portolés, Joan-Josep, Martín-Ezpeleta, Antonio, Echegoyen-Sanz, Yolanda
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/202964
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/202964
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Scientific creativity
Classroom activities
Preservice teachers
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Sumario:[EN] Creativity is a key competency for the 21st century society and the development of certain scientific aspects related to creativity should constitute a priority in education. But to do so, teachers need to have the skills, confidence and pedagogical knowledge necessary. This paper investigates the ability of 190 Spanish future teachers to differentiate between creative and reproductive activities in the science classroom. Using the instrument prepared by Newton and Newton (2010) they were asked to rate a set of activities according to their capacity to develop scientific creativity. The results show that both the field of knowledge and the scientific topic influenced their responses, although they were able to differentiate between creative and reproductive incidents, with statistically significant differences in both topics studied. Keywords: scientific creativity; classroom activities; preservice teachers.