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Understanding of Creativity - Creative Teaching Factors

Students’ possession of a variety of entrepreneurial skills, regardless of their field of study, is undisputedly the most valuable accomplishment for their future. Entrepreneurial educators are the ones who promote these skills in their students. This paper explores creativity in teaching because creativity is regarded as one of the constituents of the entrepreneurial mindset. The paper aims to assess educators’ self-perception of the importance of creative teaching factors (CTF), show their understanding of creative people and provide suggestions to promote the culture of creativity and innovation within classrooms. In order to rate the importance of CTF, an online survey was conducted. There were 149 educators from various European countries who participated in the survey and they gave the highest importance to the willingness to improve, commitment to teaching and acquiring new skills and knowledge. When describing a creative person, most educators mentioned the possession of the skill of problem solving as well as out of the box thinking. As to suggestions of promoting the culture of creativity and innovation in the classroom, a majority acknowledged the use of technology, e-learning, experiential learning, and most importantly continuous professional development of educators. Hart and Sriprakash (2017) mentioned that students’ merit is ascribed through ranking of institutions, programs of study or graduate employment outcomes and it engenders a tendency to pursue excellence which in turn dampens innovation and creativity. Our research has proven that precisely aspects such as the curriculum, lack of materials and insufficient teacher training inhibit creativity and innovation. The findings hope to raise the awareness of various ways of promoting creativity and innovation within classrooms, and thus boost the entrepreneurial potential in students.

Creative Teaching Factors ; Education ; Innovation ; Students ; Teachers

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