Naslov
Headteacher's creativity as the response to professional challenges

Autori
Nikičić, Igor ; Zorić, Maja ; Varga, Rahaela

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
CALT 2023 - Book of Abstracts / Svalina, Vesna - Osijek : Fakultet za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku ; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) ; Centar za znanstveni rad u Vinkovcima, 2023, 83-83

ISBN
978-953-8371-11-0

Skup
First International Conference CALT: Creative Approaches to Learning and Teaching

Mjesto i datum
Osijek, Hrvatska, 24.03.2023. - 25.03.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
creativity, headteacher, leadership skills, school, trend analysis

Sažetak
Headteachers in the Republic of Croatia and their colleagues worldwide face working conditions that have a common basic characteristic, change. As schools are constantly affected by changes in their communities and society, headteachers as professional and pedagogical leaders are being set on the first line of defence against these processes. Therefore, in view of the nature of their work places and the roles that they take on in the educational process, headteachers need to possess skills, knowledge and attitudes (competences) that enable them to cope with these challenges. At the same time, the headteachers’ ability to think and act creatively, which contributes to the improvement of the learning and teaching processes that take place in a school that strives to be a learning community, is highlighted. A creative approach to leadership, which implies critical reflection, divergent thinking, originality and innovation in solving problems, is a contemporary imperative, so the question arises as to how much the headteachers’ creativity is recognized as a subject of scientific research. The goal of this paper is to research the presence of creativity in the scientific literature on primary and secondary school principals. For this purpose, an analysis of the research trend of headteachers' creativity in available relevant scientific sources published in the period from 2002 to 2022 will be applied. The objective is to find answers to the following research questions: What is the quantum of the research of headteachers’ creativity in the relevant databases during the last two decades? In what ways is the headteachers’ creativity in the processes of school leadership defined over time? What kind of methodology is used in the research of headteachers’ creativity within the analysed period? How is the role of creativity described in the headteachers’ work within the same period? The results of the research will describe the trend in the research of the creativity of headteachers (continuous/discontinuous, ascending/descending) and what its terminological, methodological and phenomenological terms characteristics are. This will contribute to a more complete understanding of the problem of creativity of primary and secondary school headteachers and encourage further scientific research.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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