The paradox of promoting creativity in the Asian classroom: An empirical investigation

• Main Authors: NG, Aik Kwang, SMITH, Ian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Confucian tradition of learning; Conservative-autocratic; Individualism-collectivism; Liberal-democratic; Applied Behavior Analysis; Education; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3277; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4534/viewcontent/Paradox_Promoting_Creativity_Asian_Classroom_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

To shed light on the paradox of promoting creativity in the Asian classroom, the authors conducted 3 studies. The 1st study found that novice teachers classified student behaviors as desirable but uncreative (DBU) versus creative but undesirable (CBU). The 2nd study found that conservative-autocrati...