Robert C. Stolz , Angelicque Tucker Blackmon , Kimarie Engerman , Leslyn Tonge , Camille A. McKayle
{"title":"Poised for creativity: Benefits of exposing undergraduate students to creative problem-solving to moderate change in creative self-efficacy and academic achievement","authors":"Robert C. Stolz , Angelicque Tucker Blackmon , Kimarie Engerman , Leslyn Tonge , Camille A. McKayle","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines the relationship between creativity, creative self-efficacy, creative problem-solving, general self-efficacy, growth mindset and academic achievement. Creative self-efficacy, and a growth mindset have been identified as critical factors in students’ academic achievement. The underlying research premise is that students who use creative-based approaches including the ability to look at various solutions, tolerate ambiguity, and apply creative problem-solving approaches, produce higher creativity self-efficacy scores and are better equipped to face and overcome current academic and future career challenges. The study took place at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), a learner-centered, primarily undergraduate Historically Black University. It primarily serves the needs of the United States Virgin Islands population. Elements of creativity–and innovation–are infused throughout UVI and stated explicitly in its strategic plans. UVI encourages creativity and students’ growth mindset to prepare students for future STEM and other academic success.</p></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><p>This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Grant No. 1644940 and 1623126. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100024"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000097/pdfft?md5=b5616a745d26e111bc6ae5f521ecb232&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000097-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91760902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adapting, surviving, discovering: Creative practitioners in the COVID-19 crisis","authors":"Valeria Duarte , David Gauntlett","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the work and creative practice of individuals who identify as artists, producers or makers. Through qualitative, open-ended interviews, this research demonstrates that, regardless of the many obstacles creators had to face, the pandemic translated into an opportunity to advance new knowledge about themselves, their values and motivations, and identify how they would like to manage their creative practice in the future. The paper ends with three key findings. First, the challenges of this time prompted participants to generate new perceptions of their creative identity. Second, they often found a valuable connection to nature and ‘the great outdoors’ amid the pandemic. Third, the most pressing challenges they had to face were related to their mental health and financial stability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000103/pdfft?md5=9d137523aecc9d93174869f3f3aa36ce&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000103-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91760904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conditional knowledge and debugging strategies help overcome creative endeavours’ costs: Can we use successful innovators’ tactics for innovation education?","authors":"Eleftherios K. Soleas","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given that society depends on a steady supply of innovators to overcome challenges, innovation education efforts must be amplified to promote innovation skills among students. A key aspect of promoting innovation in context is understanding how and why innovators are motivated to innovate. However, even in the limited emerging literature on motivating innovation, there is a paucity of information on established innovators’ motivations for innovating. This two-phase, primarily qualitative study addresses this knowledge gap by investigating the strategies that innovators used to make their creative endeavours more likely, combining semi-structured interviews and a survey of Canadian innovators. Interviews were conducted with a diverse, multidisciplinary sample of 30 Canadian innovators which informed the development of the survey administered to a larger sample of 500 Canadian innovators. Participants reported costs of innovating and from their perspectives offered advice for aspiring innovators. Specifically, innovators detailed advice and approaches for aspiring innovators to maximize expectancies, maximize values, and proactively mitigate costs. This study calls for innovation education to focus on building capacity for developing innovators based on the strategies of successful innovators. These promotive and mitigating strategies are useful guides for educators, leaders, and of course for innovators themselves. Study results direct attention to approaches that should be integrated into programs designed to promote innovation across disciplines, organizations, and learning contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100028"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000115/pdfft?md5=c4e2343732fc981a3f8c070383ab6ae8&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000115-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74031126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional creativity: Cultural and socio-economic differences","authors":"John F. Cabra , Cesar D. Guerrero","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Creativity scholars <span>Runco and Charles (1993)</span> asserted that creativity not only requires originality but it also requires some fit or appropriateness. That is why culture is so influential; it defines appropriateness. In a similar vein, <span>Westwood and Low (2003)</span> emphasized that, “creativity takes place within, is constituted and influenced by, and has consequences for, a social context” (p. 236). With the acceleration of globalization, an examination of creativity would benefit from a more culturally sensitive approach. Towards that end, this article has a focus on examining the basic nature of creativity through the lens of cultural and geographical differences, and suggests considerations for viewing creativity in context.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 2","pages":"Article 100022"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000073/pdfft?md5=bec15838b00cb4efef37ec18abbb5fef&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000073-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91760903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adapting, surviving, discovering: Creative practitioners in the COVID-19 crisis","authors":"Valeria Duarte Reyes, David Gauntlett","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"31 1","pages":"100027 - 100027"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84526949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ian G. Kennedy , Dean Whitehead , Debra Ferdinand-James
{"title":"Serendipity: A way of stimulating researchers' creativity","authors":"Ian G. Kennedy , Dean Whitehead , Debra Ferdinand-James","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2021.100014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2021.100014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>By nature, research is a trek into the unknown by routes that may include a research pilgrimage like attending academic conferences, conducting interviews and experiments, and reading related research often via the digital environment that characterizes higher education in the 21st Century. They may find all sorts of information to include pointers to new techniques or techniques that could be adapted to address a burning issue in society or science. However, how their process of discovery actually happened is rarely reported and chance not admitted to as being a factor. Yet, in reality, researchers are very happy when finding something vital to their research, which they did not know beforehand that they would find, referred to as <em>serendipity</em><strong>.</strong> Little is known about how researchers can harness serendipity and stimulate their creativity in making it work for them. This work investigates the methods by which discoveries are serendipitously made in research that can stimulate researchers’ creativity toward making unexpected discoveries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 1","pages":"Article 100014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374521000145/pdfft?md5=86719cbb24aac3c570444d7630d623a7&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374521000145-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92062926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovation-based learning (InnBL): Turning science and engineering undergraduate degree programmes towards innovation","authors":"Jestin Baby Mandumpal , Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James , Parisa Ziarati , Emad Kamil Hussein , Krishnan Umachandran , Ian G. Kennedy","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2021.100013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2021.100013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Research-based projects are conventionally regarded as the capstone of an undergraduate degree. These projects combine what students have learned in their coursework with the undertaking of small, independent research projects. We advocate engaging students towards completing their final research projects from their very first year in science and engineering studies in stimulating their creativity and innovation. Here we argue that this revolution of early directing choices and early commencement of work towards the thesis can potentially impact students' thoughtful selection of core courses that are relevant; provide appropriate grounding for undertaking useful research; swiftly and effectively answer their practical research questions and make the student placement-ready. To this end, we propose an Innovation-Based Learning (InnBL) framework for turning science and engineering degree programmes toward a culture of innovation in an era of Industry 4.0. We explore the pros and cons of InnBL if implemented and the implications for the student, institution, and society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 1","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374521000133/pdfft?md5=ef164dab9f3ebdd30383aea3f982ef43&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374521000133-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78047177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to Embodied creativity in the fine and performing arts; Journal of Creativity, Volume 31, 2021, 100010","authors":"Anna Griffith","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 1","pages":"Article 100019"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000048/pdfft?md5=781a2a0319f5df5191636085fe20c643&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000048-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76356119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to Development of a creativity orientation scale using EFA; Journal of Creativity, Volume 31, 2021, 100004","authors":"Scott R. Furtwengler","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 1","pages":"Article 100020"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S271337452200005X/pdfft?md5=10931a8dba1fd0196bac4e916e8b3be6&pid=1-s2.0-S271337452200005X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87872748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to Three C's Revisited: Chaos, Complexity, and Creativity; Journal of Creativity, Volume 31, 2021, 100007","authors":"Ruth Richards","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2022.100018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"32 1","pages":"Article 100018"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000036/pdfft?md5=ad60476cb1813c1e4d7d8383e39deff8&pid=1-s2.0-S2713374522000036-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81407238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}