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The Emergence of Student Creativity in Classroom Settings: A Case Study of Elementary Schools in Korea
Author(s) -
Cho Younsoon,
Chung Hye Young,
Choi Kyoulee,
Seo Choyoung,
Baek Eunjoo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/jocb.29
Subject(s) - creativity , curriculum , mathematics education , psychology , meaning (existential) , pedagogy , process (computing) , social psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system
This research explores the emergence of student creativity in classroom settings, specifically within two content areas: science and social studies. Fourteen classrooms in three elementary schools in Korea were observed, and the teachers and students were interviewed. The three types of student creativity emerging in the teaching and learning process found in this research were: (a) heuristic creativity when the students express their thoughts about a new concept based on their experience, (b) interpretive creativity when the students explain the meaning of materials based on students' knowledge, and (c) integrative creativity when students generate new solutions or make new products based on their internalized knowledge. The study results will challenge teachers to find instances of student creativity in their teaching and learning situations and to facilitate student creativity when the students interpret data or materials related to the contents of the curriculum.