Exploring creative abilities of primary school teachers in the post-pandemic era
List of Authors
  • Goh Kok Ming , Mahaliza Mansor

Keyword
  • Creative ability, Triarchic Theory of Intelligence Sternberg, school teachers

Abstract
  • This study aims to identify the level of teacher creative ability in one of the district of Perak. A total of 92 teachers who were selected based on random cluster sampling technique in this study. The instrument of this study is a questionnaire adapted to examine the creative ability of teachers which consists of three skills, namely analytical skills, synthetical skills, and practical skills. All findings in this study were analyzed and processed by computer using SPSS version 27.0 by descriptive statistics. The findings of this study indicate that the level of creative ability of teachers is high (mean = 3.68). Interestingly, the level of practical skills (mean=3.96) is found to be slightly higher than analytical and synthetical skills of teacher creative ability (mean=3.94). As such, teachers were more prefer to emphasize their lessons on hands-on activities with students and investigate creative and practical alternatives to problem-solving in varied contexts. The findings of this study provide new information and facts about the level of creative ability of teachers in Perak that can help schools in supporting the development of creative ability for teachers in the future.

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