Postgraduate Students’ Perception of Creativity in the Research Process

dc.creator	Mojca Juriševič
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:22:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:22:44Z
dc.identifier	1855-9719
dc.identifier	2232-2647
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b78107e9198f424187fe34d113bc9191
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20763
dc.description	The purpose of the research was, with the aid of a short questionnaire, to determine how postgraduate students (N = 32)perceive the opportunities for creative research in general, and how they perceive creativity in the preparation of their own research work in particular. Descriptive analysis shows that students (1) perceive a positive study-research climate that encourages creative processes (independence, motivation, intellectual challenges), (2) judge that researchers have numerous opportunities for creative work in the various phases of research and (3) evaluate themselves as highly creative individuals in everyday life. Students perceive themselves as being at their most creative in the definition of the research problem, which they mainly identify with the use of personal strategies (work experience) and take various lengths of time to form, typically up to one year. The most difficult problem in this regard is represented by giving meaning to the problem (breadth, depth, specificity, application). Amongst the perceived encouragement with which mentors motivate students for creative research the most frequent is less directive general guidance in study and research.On the basis of the presented findings, guidelines are suggested for the more effective encouragement of creative research in postgraduate students.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Slovene
dc.publisher	University of Ljubljana
dc.relation	http://www.cepsj.si/pdfs/cepsj_1_1/cepsj_1_1_pp169_jurisevic.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-9719
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2232-2647
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	CEPS Journal : Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 169-190 (2011)
dc.subject	Postgraduate study
dc.subject	Research
dc.subject	Research problem
dc.subject	Scientific creativity
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Postgraduate Students’ Perception of Creativity in the Research Process
dc.type	article