Creative Potential Research Articles

Board Games and Creativity: Playfulness as a Mediator

Background Games, and board games in particular, have shown themselves to be a promising avenue to help improve creative potential. However, these findings do not explain the reason as to why board games would be linked to or improve creativity. This paper focuses on one particular variable that could mediate the links between board game play habits and creativity: playfulness. Method This quantitative study first examined whether board game play habits are positively related to two creativity measures: creative self-concept and creativity in the workplace. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that playfulness would have a mediating effect between board game play habits and creativity outcomes. Data was collected from 327 French workers using online recruitment through social networks, by means of a questionnaire-based survey. Results Results show that board game play habits are positively correlated with both creativity in the workplace and creative self-concept. Furthermore, the adult playfulness dimension of fun-seeking motivation mediate the relationship between board game play habits and both creativity in the workplace and creative self-concept. Discussion Playing more board games is associated with higher playfulness, which in turn is associated with more creativity in the workplace and higher creative self-concept. These findings suggest that encouraging board game play, notably playing a broad range of board games, could help foster playfulness and thus improve creativity.

Multidimensional Perspectives on the Teaching and Practice of Typography Design

With the continuous deepening of teaching reforms in higher education, it is imperative to reform the teaching of art and design courses. Research has found that the current teaching of typography design in art and design courses has rigid teaching methods, students' operational abilities are relatively singular, and the teaching content is predominantly "Westernized," leading to poor student adaptability. This paper, from a multidimensional perspective, guides typography design course teaching and practice with the "Three E's" (Effect, Efficiency and Efficacy). It positions the teaching content of typography design as multidimensional and emotional, employing multidimensional and emotional design thinking to strengthen the visual information of Chinese culture and tap into students' creative potential, aiming to enhance their innovation and creativity abilities.

Creative self-realization of the individual in the educational environment of the university

Relevance. In the modern world, youth are responsible for many areas of society, including the development of culture and the search for innovative ways of functioning of society. Creative activity is not only a form of self-expression and fulfillment of personal needs, but also becomes an important factor in the development of the economy and society as a whole. Stimulating creative activity is quite relevant in modern society, since creative activity itself is a key component of the development of innovation and progress in various fields.The purpose is theoretically substantiate and empirically determine the role of creativity in the process of personal self-realization in the educational environment of the university.Objectives: characterize theoretical approaches to the study of personal self-realization in creative activity; reveal the main tools and methods of stimulating the creative activity of the individual in the educational environment of the university; present traditional and innovative practices of creative self-realization of the individual.Methodology: the theoretical and methodological basis of the research is based on philosophical, sociological, psychological and pedagogical approaches that reveal the essence of creativity and its functional load.Results. The educational environment of the university is recognized as a significant factor that stimulates the process of acquiring new knowledge and increasing the level of creative self-realization of students. Most students are aware of the importance of creative self-realization in the process of studying at a university, but are not always satisfied with the level of its implementation.Conclusions. The comprehensive nature of the activities implemented at the university aimed at developing the creative potential of the individual ensures its effective self-realization. The creative environment created in classes and in extracurricular activities serves as a certain impetus for the development of students’ creative abilities, the transformation of their outlook on life, and helps in realizing and discovering personal potential for professional growth and self-development.

Application of neural networks in the educational process

In the era of digitalization, technologies have reached great heights. Neural networks are used in almost all spheres of human activity; education is no exception. Neural networks are mathematical models that simulate the functions of the human brain. Using such a tool as a neural network allows you to significantly improve the educational process, make it more effective in modern realities, increase the cognitive activity of students and provide an opportunity for the development of creative potential. This article describes the advantages of neural networks in their application in the educational process, as well as provides examples of their use in teaching.

Креативные установки в контексте жизненных и профессиональных ценностей студенческой молодежи: гендерное измерение

The problem studied in the article is caused by the need to develop creative sectors of the Russian economy and generate innovative processes in all spheres of life, which require creating conditions for creative self-realization for both women and men equally. The article is devoted to the identification of the connection between students' attitudes to creative activity and their life and professional values, special attention is paid to the search for gender differences in creative attitudes of students. The empirical base of the study is the data from a survey conducted in 2024 among Russian university students (n=750). The results of the study identified the priority of essential terminal motivation of creative activity due to the high importance of selfactualization values in the structure of life and professional values of students. The following gender features of attitudes toward creative activity among students were identified: women are more involved in the development of creative projects and advanced training at courses and trainings, men – in programming, mastering and improving technologies; women are more often involved in the manifestation of creativity in creative hobbies, education, social and civic activism, men – in scientific research, politics and management. It is concluded that the institutional conditions existing in Russian society and gender role stereotypes rooted in the public consciousness influence the nature of women’s creative attitudes and their choice of areas for realizing their creative potential. Gender asymmetry in areas of employment and the “closedness” of women’s access to areas such as management and politics do not contribute to women’s desire to show their potential in them.

Artificial intelligence as a means of developing creativity in future technology teachers.

The article considers and analyzes the possibilities of using artificial intelligence (CatGPT, AI) in the training of future specialists, namely for the development of creativity in future technology teachers. The key aspects that should be taken into account and used for the development of creativity are identified, and possible disadvantages of this innovative technology are noted. The rapid development of artificial intelligence has burst into almost all spheres of life, we focused on the use of some AI tools in the training of future technology teachers and the development of their creativity. We analyzed several approaches to using CatGPT to facilitate the organization of classes. Such as: idea generation, scenario building, storytelling and role-playing, problem-solving exercises, creative writing and documentation, interactive learning modules, individual learning paths, innovative challenges that help future teachers gain practical experience and adapt faster to the modern requirements of pedagogical practice. In the article, we offer several working tools from our own "piggy bank" and the principles of their use. The article highlights the current state of AI use in the educational environment and provides recommendations for practicing teachers on the effective use of artificial intelligence technologies. We are convinced that the use of artificial intelligence in the development of creativity of future technology teachers has an important impact on the personal development of creative potential. By using artificial intelligence, we can ensure the active participation of students in the learning process. AI tools stimulate curiosity, promote active research, experimentation, and problem solving. However, along with the great opportunities for using artificial intelligence, there are also threats such as the loss of the human factor, the dissemination of personal data, and financial losses. Therefore, for a good result in the development of creativity of future technology teachers, it is necessary to take into account all the advantages and disadvantages of using AI using strategies balanced between opportunities and challenges.

THE ESSENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH COMPETENCE IN THE PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS

The article defines the essence of students’ research competence, characterizes its role in the formation of a teenager’s personality, which includes promoting the development of critical thinking, fostering the skills of independent learning and self-organization, and stimulating students’ creative activity by encouraging idea generation. It also ensures the development of social skills, such as cooperation, communication, and more. The main components of research competence are identified, namely: knowledge, abilities, and skills that ensure successful research and develop the capacity for independent, creative, and critical work with information. The importance of research competence is described, which lies in the development of creative and intellectual potential, subject-specific and general skills, as well as in stimulating students’ interest and motivation for learning activities. An analysis of the scientific contributions of scholars who, based on pedagogical theory and practice, demonstrate the importance of developing research competence in teenagers during the learning process is provided. We have demonstrated the importance of a favorable learning environment for the formation of students’ research competence, which includes interactive lessons, projects, experiments, pedagogical support, free access to educational resources, and more. The factors of successful research activity are also analyzed, and its influence on motivating teenagers to learn and develop is characterized, as it provides an opportunity to apply acquired knowledge in practice, making learning more meaningful and purposeful. The statement that the development of research competence is essential for the formation of a competent, creative, and independent citizen capable of adapting to the challenges of the modern world is substantiated.

Analysis on Applications of Mind Map in English Writing Teaching

At the present stage, the teaching activities aim at promoting students’ learning quality and creative accomplishments. This demands teachers to create more teaching activities to facilitate students’ creative potential. As an efficient tool for thinking, mind map can achieve the visualization of thinking through presenting the hierarchy of concepts and the sequence of thinking. Naturally, it will be helpful to promote both students’ creativity and memory. It also can arouse students’ writing interest and cultivate students’ logical thinking ability. Therefore, this paper is going to have a brief introduce in the problems existing in students’ English writing. Furthermore, it will improve students’ English writing ability by applying mind map during the writing teaching process. Last but not least, it can arouses students’ critical thinking.

Особенности темпоральности ориентированного на инновации человека

An important role belongs to the humanistic potential formed by creative abilities, moral and intellectual qualities of a person in the development of modern innovative processes. The article deals with the question of the innovative nature of man and the temporal foundations of his existence in the context of modern temporal issues. Conducting a comparative analysis of the interpretations of the categories of temporal issues helped to identify those meanings that lead to an awareness of the value of human innovation orientation. The most important role belongs to the spiritual potential in creativity, and its development directly depends on a person’s attitude to the temporality of his/her existence. In this regard, modern thinkers pay attention to the study of the antithesis of the trivial and unique in the temporal existence of man and the nature of repetition as a dilemma of the past and the future. Emphasizing the key importance of the moment in a person’s determination to follow a moral path, they answer the question of his/her belonging to the past, present or future. The conditions of innovation, which become obvious when a person orients himself/herself to the spiritual foundations of his/her being, are contained in each of the time modes. The author concluded that the nature of the temporal existence of an innovation-oriented person is distinguished by the uniqueness of its moments as the beginning of the production of new ideas, the unpredictability of the future and the variability of understanding of the past as a condition for free creative choice in the present moment. All these qualities are important in the development of modern innovations, as they ensure innovative continuity and the production of innovative ideas.

Scaling Imagination: The Language Machine and Poetry

The article focuses on the specificity and functions of metaphors in the poetry of Radosław Jurczak, and more broadly in the work of the youngest poets, for whom life in the world of digital media and the prospect of the development of artificial intelligence is an important part of their formative experience. The paper uses the terms introduced by Mark Fisher for this purpose: the weird and the eerie. The analysis compares poetic devices in Jurczak’s poems with the concept of poetic language of the first avant-garde, pointing out the changes occurring in the poetics and aesthetics of the works, also focusing on figures relating to the technological sphere of modernity. The paper polemizes with the view expressed by Jerzy Jarzębski, who considers the phrase “artificial intelligence” to be a fashionable and harmful oxymoron that defines the pragmatic, reductionist worldview of its users. The article argues that the incorporation of terms that have the status of catachreses and over-lexicalized metaphors in everyday language into the language of poetry allows their creative potential and ambiguity to be recovered. Finally, the paper considers scaling as a characteristic feature of the new poetic imagination, which also requires readers to take a new approach to the language of the new poetry.

Language play as a strategy for revealing the potential of linguistic creativity

The article discusses the results of the study of the language play phenomenon as a special linguistic creativity form. The realization of play strategies in the work-nonsense, aimed at activating the potential of linguistic creativity thinking in the decision-making process in a situation of linguistic and cognitive deficit, can lead to original ideas and unique solutions. The assumption that language play is a powerful stimulus for the development of creative thinking and the development of a variety of information processing algorithms confirms the relevance of the study. Creative thinking generates unique, new and unusual ideas, original solutions that have not taken place in the previous experience of an individual in the realization of his communicative and cognitive needs. The article focuses on two types of thinking that are used in decision-making: convergent and divergent thinking. The issues related to the application of these types of thinking in certain problem situations, the possibility of teaching a child to think outside the box, the development of methods aimed at the development of divergent thinking, as well as the correlation between divergent thinking, creative thinking and imagination, are very interesting, ambiguous and remain unsolved today. Taking into account the fact that divergent thinking is the basis for creative thinking, the author holds the view that divergent thinking and creative thinking are not identical. Linguistic anomalies, manifested at all linguistic levels and revealing the potential of the linguistic system, were investigated. Children acquire language creatively, i.e. the lack of knowledge is compensated by imagination and fantasy, the ability to stay in their metaphorical reality, allowing them to create new words without any special effort. Verbal creativity is manifested in conscious modeling, various kinds of modifications, choice of non-standard language code, in the ability to establish flexible associative links between incompatible objects, to give new meanings and so on. In the process of linguistic and stylistic analysis in the fragment under study, numerous emphatic and parallel constructions, exclamatory sentences, rhetorical repetitions, structural modifications, and inversion were revealed. It is established that free meanings of words and word combinations are easily involved in the language play, generating linguistic ambiguity at different levels. Language play is represented by playing with the meanings of polysemantic words, meanings obtained as a result of metonymic transfer, polysemy and broad meaning, in particular, the use of verbs, the meanings of which are characterized by a wide denotative reference and contextual conditionality, multiple cases of homonymy, playing with the meanings of idioms. The collision of figurative and direct meanings leads to the realization of the semantic ambiguity of a linguistic sign and to the play of the two-dimensional nature of its perception. The identified types of language play are considered as a way to actualize linguistic creativity.

On the Contradictions and Prospects of Education Development in the Era of Postcapitalism

The presented article is devoted to the study of key contradictions and prospects for the development of education in the era of postcapitalism. The genesis of postcapitalist protoformation and the corresponding mode of production is at the heart of the designated research problem. The text defines the main basic element of postcapitalism in the initial phase of its formation - creative labor and the creative potential of the individual, causing paradigmatic changes in the social structure and the change of the model of the mode of production. Taking into account the cognitive potential of K. Marx's formational approach, the qualitative characterization of postcapitalism as a protoformation, which combines elements of both capitalism and socialism within its boundaries, is given. The main contradictions of education in the phase of genesis of postcapitalist protoformation are revealed and substantially defined. It is argued that the key contradiction of education development is its pragmatization. In accordance with this process, the acquisition of fundamental knowledge is replaced by the assimilation of a set of exceptional competencies. It is substantiated that education becomes a basis and personal need, thus transforming the whole social structure, influencing the human resource potential of the individual. The results and conclusion reflect the conclusions of the study.

Activating the creative potential of higher education students

Activating the creative potential of higher education students

Da Exclusão à Expressão: Arte como Ferramenta de Inclusão e Empoderamento para Alunos com Necessidades Especiais

This study explores the profound relationship between art and inclusion in the education of students with special needs. Art transcends its role as a curricular discipline, becoming a powerful tool for the holistic development and empowerment of these students. By challenging stereotypes and promoting full participation, art offers a space for expression, communication, and learning for all, regardless of their needs. The research highlights the importance of adapting materials, activities, and environments, as well as the ongoing training of teachers, to make art accessible and meaningful for all students. Through flexibility, creativity, and sensitivity, teachers can create a welcoming and stimulating learning environment where every student feels valued and encouraged to explore their creative potential. Theories such as constructivism, the Social Model of Disability, and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences provide a solid theoretical foundation for the construction of inclusive pedagogical practices. The methodology adopted in this study is qualitative bibliographic research, which seeks to analyze and synthesize the knowledge produced on the relationship between art and inclusion in theeducation of students with special needs. The study concludes that art, when used intentionally and adapted, can be a powerful tool for promoting inclusion, holistic development, and empowerment of students with special needs. Art reveals itself as a path towards building a fairer, more equitable, and creative education, where every individual has the opportunity to flourish fully and contribute to the construction of a more humane and supportive world.

Criminal Genius or Everyday Villain? A Comparison of Malevolent Creativity Among Prisoners, Police Officers, and the General Population

ABSTRACTCriminals allegedly use effective novelty to intentionally exploit and harm others (creative fraud, theft, and murder). However, empirical evidence that criminals possess higher malevolent creativity than individuals without criminal backgrounds is lacking. We compared a male sample of prisoners in a maximum‐security penitentiary (n = 140), police officers (n = 122), and the general population (n = 106) on three different aspects of malevolent creativity: self‐reported malevolent creativity behavior (MCBS), willingness to engage in malevolent creativity on a test (MCT), and malevolent creativity potential on that test (reduced n = 285). Group comparisons (ANOVAs) differed for different malevolent creativity aspects: Prisoners reported more malevolent creativity behavior in daily life (MCBS) than nonprisoners, which may reflect their alleged criminal personality or the effects of confinement on creative coping with threat. However, prisoners also performed worse than police officers in generating creative ideas for taking revenge on others (MCT). No differences in initial willingness to engage in malevolent creativity (MCT) emerged. This discrepancy of self‐report and ability is discussed from several angles, including suitability of the applied measures and heterogeneity of prison populations. This study constitutes the first empirical insights into the often hypothesized but rarely tested malevolent creativity expression in the criminal mind.

The Role of the Inclusive Leader in Driving Innovation: An Example of a Teal Organisation

The role of the leader is to create change and indicate the direction in which the organisation should go. Leader is the one who inspires, creates the organisational culture and builds emotional relationships that result in a much more effective company. His or her activity also influences the level of innovation in the company - the more inspired a co-worker perceives a leader and the greater his or her capabilities and freedom of action, the greater the chance of creating newer or even revolutionary solutions. The author's research has shown that the role of a leader in an innovative organisation cannot consist only in creating and promoting a vision, and then inspiring others to make it a reality. It can be concluded that the period of feisty and charismatic visionary leaders is slowly passing into oblivion, and their place is being taken by leaders who are able to discover and unleash the creative potential of the entire team in their talented colleagues. Amidst the evolving landscape of businesses, there is a growing focus on identifying key traits of leadership essential for effective organizational change. It is advocated that every organization should draw on these traits to innovate its employee resources. The presented results show the results of four years of research within the framework of the project entitled Teal Organisations: developing self-management and entrepreneurial culture in the age of Economy 4.0. The research shows how the understanding of innovation, the role of leadership has changed over several years and what research gaps are emerging. The research targeted micro and small enterprises in the family business sector. Insights from the third stage conducted in 2023 shed light on the qualities and competencies of leaders. The study’s findings highlight that leadership fosters better team outcomes through enhanced decision-making and collaboration. Our research shows, that leaders are required to acquire, develop and refine the skills of facilitating the work of a team to effectively and continuously generate innovation. The leader must master several skills, i.e. knowing the tools of creative team work, allowing the free flow of information, the ability to integrate ideas in order to create a new, better idea, so that the valuable ones do not get diluted and are qualified for further innovative work through well-considered decisions.

Pedagogical conditions for developing the readiness of master's degree applicants for intercultural interaction in the process of professional (piano) training

The article defines and characterizes the pedagogical conditions for forming the readiness of master's degree applicants for intercultural interaction in the process of professional (piano) training. It is emphasized that the tasks of the modern professional training of the applicants of the piano master's degree are not only to ensure a high level of professional knowledge of students, but also their practical preparation for social life and self-realization as an individual. It is emphasized that the humanization of the process of formation of the readiness for intercultural interaction in applicants of the professional master's degree implies the use of the latest technologies, active teaching methods, which would form the motives of educational and artistic activity, contribute to the discovery and development of the creative potential of the education applicant, self-realization of his/her personality; included in the process of learning the sphere of emotions, contributed to the development of cooperation. It has been proven that in the process of forming value orientations in the conditions of a multicultural artistic and educational environment, individual support of piano master's students is successfully implemented through individual counseling, creation of a positive moral and psychological climate in classes, mentoring support of the artistic and educational process, building an individual educational trajectory. Considering the formation and transformation of music-pedagogical and artistic-aesthetic paradigms in the system of modern music education, it is emphasized that the change in the paradigm of music education involves a shift of emphasis from the development in applicants of a complex of special knowledge, abilities and skills, focused on the formation of professional multicultural competence in the conditions of intercultural interaction, which allows us to interpret the artistic and educational space as a unity of creative personalities, united by channels of musical communication, who feel a sense of empathy for each other, mutual interest, are capable of active creative joint activity, overcoming interaction problems, creating a cross-cultural space

INTEGRATING MULTIMODAL ADAPTATION INTO TRANSLATOR TRAINING: A THEORETICAL RATIONALE

With evolving multimedia communication, traditional translation studies focusing on fidelity are being transformed by the need for multimodal and intersemiotic approaches. Extending this discussion to translator training, this study argues for the necessity of teaching adaptation skills in the training of future translators in line with the needs of the multimedia age. By viewing translation as a process of re-creation, the study stresses the often-overlooked creative potential of translation. At this point, the inclusion of adaptations in translator training offers the opportunity to experience the inherent creative potential of translation and emphasizes the intersemiotic dimension. The paper first offers a theoretical justification for this approach, then discusses methods of implementation as well as potential benefits. Integrating adaptation into translator training can be approached theoretically, analytically, and practically. It offers advantages such as broadening the scope of translation beyond language, bridging the gap between training and market needs, and enhancing interdisciplinary knowledge.

Dyeing with Natural Colorants

This paper explores the use of dyeing with natural dyes in research, as well as a tool for retaining normality of life in crisis situations. Nowadays craftsmanship skills, and especially traditional crafts can double as a research object and a research tool. Dyeing fabrics with natural dyes is a traditional crafts skill which entails a high potential for creativity, and which is still practised in Latvia today. In the past, this skill often became a creative way for retaining the quality of daily life during wars and other crisis situations. Nowadays natural dyeing is not only a means of creative self-expression through traditional crafts, but the process also helps to study the value of colours, through understanding the complexity or simplicity of obtaining a particular colour, as well as the resulting colour palette, etc. The author of this paper has used her dyeing skills in researching various ethnographic sources from the 18th – 20th centuries. Dyeing experiments help to adequately assess descriptions of fabric colours in written sources from various historical periods, and to interpret historical guides about ancient dyeing techniques and methods.

The effectiveness of improvisation in the development of creative thinking in dance education / La eficacia de la improvisación en el desarrollo del pensamiento creativo en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de la danza

This paper investigates the effectiveness of improvisation in creative thinking development in dance education. The study used the experimental method, which implies conducting a survey and identifying the level of creative thinking development. The following methods were used to study the level of creativity: the Reisman Diagnostic Assessment of Creativity method, Assessment of the creative potential of an individual, The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). The study was conducted at the School of Music and Dance at Hunan First Normal University. A total of 561 students participated in the study. The findings show there is a statistically significant ( p < .05) difference between the students’ self-assessment of creativity and their level of creativity, instructors’ selected expertise, knowledge level, professional competencies and skills as the primary criteria. The results of the pre-test and post-test show that the indicators of the high level increased from 51% to 61%, and the average level from 27% to 34%. Low-level indicators, on the contrary, decreased from 12% to 5%.