The Future of Education

Creativity is known today as an ability that can be developed and improved.  The substantial research in the field of creative studies showed that creative thinking abilities can be enhanced through intervention and training.  This study presents a unique and innovative intervention program for enhancing creative thinking among children, focusing on divergent thinking skills. The program was designed as a short term (ten weeks) training and conducted with 150 school students ranging in age from 9 to 13 years. The training included in a series of assignments, inspired by theoretical and practical concepts such as Mindfulness, Theory of mind and Perspective taking.  The aim was to assess the effectiveness of the program, in enhancing divergent thinking skills, which were measured by fluency and uniqueness scores according to Tel Aviv Creativity Test (TACT).  Results showed that children who participated in the activities scored significantly higher in the creativity tests after the intervention took place and that they showed higher creative thinking achievements compared to children in the control groups. Results indicated that creative thinking, and in particular divergent thinking abilities, can be enhanced through the kind of training that was proposed in the study.