Abstract
The main objective of this study was improving university students’ from different faculties creativity thinking through a creativity education process. The education process took twelve weeks’ time. As pretest, Torrance test of creative thinking (TTCT) figural form was used. Participants were 24 university students from different faculties who attended the course of “Fostering of Creativity and Creative Thinking” in spring semester. In the beginning of the lessons, TTCT Figural Form A was completed by all the students. After completion of the sessions, TTCT Figural Form B was asked to be completed as the last test. Also, all the participants were requested to made verbal comments about the effects of the lessons on their creative thoughts. The results of this research indicated that creativity based educational activities have a positive impact on creative thinking of the students, and they mentioned that they gained how to think divergently in their daily life. The results of the TTCT indicated that students’ perform better especially in originality and closure factors. Key words: Creative thinking, creativity activities, creativity improvement.
Highlights
In recent years, thinking skills and creativity has been seen as one of the important abilities in many areas, and has gained increasing attention in education
The main objective of the study is improving university students’, from different faculties, creativity thinking through a creativity education process.The sub-objectives of the study were, examining the effects of the creative thinking activities according to fluency, originality, elaboration, closure and titles
The national percentages of the creativity thinking according to test of creative thinking (TTCT) Figural form results are improved
Summary
In recent years, thinking skills and creativity has been seen as one of the important abilities in many areas, and has gained increasing attention in education. Some important skills such as self management, decision making and thinking skills, especially creative thinking began to flourish for being successful in daily life and in vocational life. In this rapid change, new educational methods and practices should be used in every educational setting and in university graduate programs. As a component of thinking skills, can be defined as a cognitiveprocess of solving problems, generating useful ideas and producing plans that are not present before (Hargrove, 2013)
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