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Nationality and Culture as Factors Influencing Creativity Levels in Candidate Teachers: A Comparative Study between the United States and Turkey
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Lozano, Ricardo; Antrim, Joanne – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2018
Through this study, students in their corresponding countries were led in identical activities allowing them to express themselves freely. The study observed differences in creativity among diverse students. The findings of this research challenge fundamental assumptions concerning levels of creativity displayed by particular cultures. [For the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Creativity, Preservice Teachers
A Cross-National Study of Implicit Theories of a Creative Person
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Hopp, Manuel; Händel, Marion; Stoeger, Heidrun; Vialle, Wilma; Ziegler, Albert – Education Sciences, 2016
Implicit theories can influence learning behavior, the approaches individuals take to learning and performance situations, and the learning goals individuals set, as well as, indirectly, their accomplishments, intelligence, and creativity. For this cross-cultural study, Kenyan and German students were asked to draw a creative person and rate it on…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Creativity, Intelligence, Freehand Drawing
Cultural Differences in Chinese American and European American Children's Drawing Skills over Time
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Huntsinger, Carol S.; Jose, Paul E.; Krieg, Dana Balsink; Luo, Zupei – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
Parents and early childhood teachers in Chinese societies and the United States have had dissimilar views about appropriate art instruction for young children. The Chinese view is that creativity will emerge after children have been taught essential drawing skills. The American view has been that children's drawing skills emerge naturally and that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Art Education, Young Children, Cultural Differences
Creativity in Drawings of Geometric Shapes: A Cross-Cultural Examination with the Consensual Assessment Technique.
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Chen, Chuansheng; Kasof, Joseph; Himsel, Amy J.; Greenberger, Ellen; Dong, Qi; Xue, Gui – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002
Examined whether European Americans and Chinese differed in their creation and evaluation of drawings of geometric shapes. Drawings created by Chinese and European American college students were judged by Chinese and European American college students. Results showed high consensus between the judges and great similarity in the creativity of…
Descriptors: Art Expression, College Students, Creativity, Cultural Differences
Assessing Creative Potential World-Wide: The First Cross-Cultural Application of the Test for Creative Thinking--Drawing Production (TCT-DP).
Jellen, Hans G.; Urban, Klaus K. – Gifted Education International, 1989
Elementary school-aged children (N=569) from 11 countries were administered the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production. The 11 countries had distinctly different political, economic, and educational systems. The test was discovered to be culture-fair, culture-sensitive, gender-fair, and gender-sensitive. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
Understanding Our Gifted. Volume 3, Issues 1-6, 1990-91.
Silverman, Linda Kreger, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1991
This document consists of six issues of a newsletter subtitled "Dedicated to Helping Gifted Children Reach their Full Potential." These issues focus on personality types, program administration, creativity, counseling, the arts, and cultural diversity. Feature articles have the following titles and authors: "A World of Difference: Children and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Art, Child Rearing, Counseling Techniques