Do Teachers Value Creativity?

Erik Westby

Gifted and Talented International, 1997, vol. 12, issue 1, 15-17

Abstract: Do teachers value or dislike creativity in children’s behavior? Some research suggests that the characteristics associated with creativity may be disruptive and not appreciated in the classroom. In a study by Westby and Dawson (1995), teachers’ ratings of their favorite students were negatively correlated with the characteristics associated with creativity while ratings of their least favorite students were positively correlated with the characteristics associated with creativity. Teachers also tend to view creativity as a verbal process while not recognizing its figural component (Dawson, D’Andrea, Affinito, Westby, in press). It appears that creative children need to possess "desirable" characteristics for teachers to consider them creative. Possible reactions by the creative student to such teacher attitudes, as well as areas in need of further research, are discussed.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1080/15332276.1997.11672860

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