Enhance creativity and creative self-efficacy. An action research with Italian children

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75-82
Published: Dec 1, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v7i3.5236

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Rossella Falanga
University of Catania, Piazza Universita, Catania, Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-0811
Elisabetta Sagone
University of Catania, Department of Educational Sciences, Catania, Italy
Maria Elvira De Caroli
University of Catania, Department of Educational Sciences, Catania, Italy
Maria Rosa Maugeri
University of Catania, Department of Educational Sciences, Catania, Italy

Abstract

Creativity is a human resource that allows individuals to solve problems in a new way and propose changes. It is related to creative self-efficacy that regards individual belief to be creative. The present study explored the effects of a training to enhance creativity and creative self-efficacy in 34 Italian children, aged between 8 and 10 years and divided in two groups: Group1 (training) and Group2 (no training). Test of Divergent Thinking and the Creative Self-efficacy Scale were modified for Italian children. After training, Group1 increased inflexibility, elaboration and title production; and Group2increased in titles production; all children showed higher levels of self-efficacy than before training. After training, positive relationships between creative self-efficacy, elaboration and titles production emerged for Group1.


 


Keywords: Creativity, self-efficacy, training, children.

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Falanga, R., Sagone, E., De Caroli, M. E., & Maugeri, M. R. (2020). Enhance creativity and creative self-efficacy. An action research with Italian children. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 7(3), 75–82. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v7i3.5236
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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2020): Selected Paper of 9th Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research (CYICER-2020)
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