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Understanding creativity in primary English, science, and history
McLean, Natalie Georgiou, Helen Matruglio, Erika Turney, Annette Gardiner, Paul Jones, Pauline Groves, Christine Edwards
McLean, Natalie
Georgiou, Helen
Matruglio, Erika
Turney, Annette
Gardiner, Paul
Jones, Pauline
Groves, Christine Edwards
Abstract
Creativity is recognised as an essential twenty-first century skill. Despite the significant volume of research on creativity, there remains considerable ambiguity in the way it is conceptualised within education. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore primary educators’ (n = 9) perceptions of creativity in English, science, and history. Key questions include how creativity is conceptualised, how it manifests in the classroom and if, or how, descriptions vary across discipline areas. The results show that whilst primary educators struggle to describe creativity in the abstract, they can provide clear descriptions within their disciplinary context. Considerable differences in terms of creative thinking skills were detected in each represented discipline. In line with the literature, we suggest ways in which future research can elaborate on these creative thinking skills to reconceptualise the way creativity is developed and assessed within education.
Keywords
creativity, domain-specific, primary education, creative thinking skills
Date
2023
Type
Journal article
Journal
The Australian Educational Researcher
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Volume
50
Issue
2
Page Range
581-600
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ACU Department
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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