Trends of Graduate Theses with the Subject of Education and Training Conducted on Creativity

Mustafa Dolmaz,Genç Osman İlhan

doi:10.5430/wje.v10n5p61

Mustafa Dolmaz, Genç Osman İlhan

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The aim of this research is to examine the trends of the studies that address the education-training dimension of creativity in Turkey. The research was conducted using a qualitative research pattern. The data was collected and analyzed through document analysis. In the analysis of the data, the thesis analysis form developed by the researchers was used. One hundred and forty-five graduate theses studied between 2005 and 2019 in the field of education, which were allowed access by their authors, constitute the study group of this research. 114 of these works consist of graduate theses and 31 of them consist of doctoral theses. The graduate theses in the Council of Higher Education database were examined under a total of 10 titles according to their distribution over the years-educational levels, university distributions, institute distributions, branch distributions, methods and sub-methods, data collection tools, sampling/study groups, sampling methods, education level of the study group and thesis titles. As a result of the research, it was observed that although studies addressing the educational-educational dimension of creativity have increased at a certain level over the years, they are not at the desired point and have not been studied adequately. In addition, it was determined that the studies carried out in terms of the discipline, the methods used and the variety of topics studied had similarities, that no studies on creativity were conducted in some departments, that the study group usually consists of a single level of education, that this situation does not allow to look at creativity from a broad perspective, and that there are many aspects of creativity that have not been studied for those who will work in the educational dimension.

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Creativity is a skill that has always been the focus of attention from the very first day of human existence to the information age we are in (Kiper, 2016)
It was determined that the studies carried out in terms of the discipline, the methods used and the variety of topics studied had similarities, that no studies on creativity were conducted in some departments, that the study group usually consists of a single level of education, that this situation does not allow to look at creativity from a broad perspective, and that there are many aspects of creativity that have not been studied for those who will work in the educational dimension
When Chart 8 is examined, the following can be said about the educational level in which the sampling/study group of one hundred and forty-five graduate studies is selected: It was seen that forty-six studies showed that the sampling/study group was chosen from the secondary school level, twenty-three studies from pre-school levels, twenty research from undergraduate levels, eighteen studies from the primary school level, twelve studies from the high school level, two research from associate degrees, in one study from the trainees of a training center, their education status is unclear, in one study from rehabilitation centers, their education status is unclear and in one study from adults, their education status is unclear as well

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Creativity is a skill that has always been the focus of attention from the very first day of human existence to the information age we are in (Kiper, 2016). The ability of societies to capture this pace of change and to produce solutions to issues and problems experienced in energy, health, industrialization, urbanization and, perhaps most importantly, education is directly proportional to the potential for raising creative individuals (Öz-Aydın & Ayverdi, 2014; Karakuş, 2001; Gök & Erdoğan, 2011; Aktamış & Ergin, 2006). One of the most effective ways to improve the quality of life and to live in prosperity is to educate individuals as individuals who can think creatively and find creative solutions to problems (Öncü, 2018; Özerbaş, 2011)

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