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The main issue here is the extent to which we are aware and convinced of the importance and influence of creativity in changing all aspects of life in the society, even those that relate to affection.
There are several issues that need to be evaluated and investigated in order to outline the factors and influences that can be used in developing creativity in people. The developing countries, with their recent conditions and the political, educational, social and economic crises, cannot secure the simplest means to develop creativity in students. Rather, developing countries cannot eliminate illiteracy that is prevalent in most of such countries. Even the most optimistic person cannot expect to find creativity in the curricula or daily life of developing countries with their current circumstances.
Therefore, it is a must that developing countries eliminate the obstacles that deter creativity and its development in their citizens. The development of creativity in developing countries is, in fact, of paramount importance since it can improve all aspects of life and help them make progress. Since psychological research is at the heart of the study of creativity, it should investigate creativity profoundly and identify the best ways to promote it in developing countries. It should identify the kind of environment that is supportive to the development of creativity. This is of special importance for developing countries where such environment is currently lacking. As for the State of Kuwait , the researcher offers in the following section some recommendations which, if considered, can enhance the creative output of Kuwaiti students:
- Providing creative individuals with material and spiritual stimulation.
- Giving creative individuals the priority of being admitted to colleges concerned with applied sciences.
- Giving creative individuals privileges, i.e., allowing them to use the State’s scientific and tourist utilities freely or for reduced prices.
- Modifying the school curricula to be more flexible and practical, so they would satisfy the aspirations of creative students.
-Increasing awareness of the importance of creative activities and their positive reflections. among parents, teachers and other categories of the society .
-Increasing creativity-centered training courses that teachers and creative students attend, so they would be more acknowledged of creativity and the ways to promote it.
-All the society’s institutions should participate in enhancing creativity and creative individuals both materially and spiritually.
-Making use of the recommendations of research on creativity
-Making use of the international experiences and experiments on creativity.
-Investigating the characteristics of the creative individuals and the factors that influence them.
The State of Kuwait is a rich country and, therefore, should allocate a special fund for creativity and its development in students. But unfortunately the current fund, in fact, is not enough to meet the aspirations and hopes of creative students. Sufficient funds are necessary to provide the required facilities like laboratories and scientific instruments, which are of great importance to creative students. Hopefully, this is expected to promote creativity in the society, taking into consideration that Kuwait is rich in educational institutions that sponsor creative people. The following are among these institutions:
-The Kuwaiti Science Club.
-Science clubs.
-Youth centers.
The researcher recommends that Kuwaiti creative individuals should be given more care so our educational aims that relate to creativity can be fulfilled.
Creativity cannot be investigated in any society, regardless of its psychological and social characteristics, away from its relationships with other psychological and educational variables. Creativity affects other variables and at the same time is affected by other variables. Thus, creativity cannot be studied away from the other variables with which it correlates.
For example, the findings of this study and other studies revealed lack of correlation between creativity and intelligence. This issue is still controversial among researchers. Several psychological studies found inconsistent results concerning the relationship between creativity and intelligence. Some found negative relationships and still others found positive relationships. Even the results of some studies were inconsistent for the same society. Since creativity and intelligence are two of the long investigated psychological variables and owing to their reflections on the development of societies, the present researcher recommends that more studies be conducted to shed more light on the relationship between them using different age groups.
Based on what was mentioned above and the work the present researcher has done on creativity with different age groups, the researcher presents the following suggestions. These suggestions are general, i.e., they are not confined to the State of Kuwait. They can be considered by researchers and the ministry of education, and any other educational organizations in any country:
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nour halawani | Nov 3rd, 2008
كتير حبيت المقال .. و أحنا محتاجين لنزيد الوعي بالإبداع و لنزيد العناية باللفكير الإبداعي , بدل العمليات التدميرية لأي فكرة جديدة أو رأي جديد..
و المقال و الدراسات و التوصيات قابلة للتطبيق , وبتمنى أنه يوصل لناس أكثر و نلاقي تقدم بهذا المجال في الوطن العربي..
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