Abstract:Creativity is an important goal for higher education yet there is limited guidance on how to facilitate it at an organisational level. This arts-based exploration of the experiences of three award-winning academics who have been recognised for their creative work identifies that creativity can emerge from three interrelated factors — conversations and relationships, liminal space and leadership. These factors combined form a useful model that offers higher education institutions a means for enhancing creativit… Show more
“…Higher education institutions are places for cultivating high-level talents, which to some extent directly determine the development of a region or even a country [1][2][3]. The operation of higher education institutions requires the procurement of materials.…”
Government procurement is an important link in promoting the operation and development of universities, which contains a series of risks. In the era of information technology, new types of risk vulnerabilities require advanced means and prevention. This article analyzes the risks of university government procurement from key aspects such as procurement document preparation, review process, and performance acceptance, forms a risk list, and establishes a process optimization matrix. It proposes response and prevention measures for university government procurement risks in the information age, in order to provide reference and reference for university government procurement work.
“…Higher education institutions are places for cultivating high-level talents, which to some extent directly determine the development of a region or even a country [1][2][3]. The operation of higher education institutions requires the procurement of materials.…”
Government procurement is an important link in promoting the operation and development of universities, which contains a series of risks. In the era of information technology, new types of risk vulnerabilities require advanced means and prevention. This article analyzes the risks of university government procurement from key aspects such as procurement document preparation, review process, and performance acceptance, forms a risk list, and establishes a process optimization matrix. It proposes response and prevention measures for university government procurement risks in the information age, in order to provide reference and reference for university government procurement work.
“…Creative performance attracted much research in its infancy in the Arab world (Alzghoul et al, 2023). Creativity is an important goal for higher education (Rae, 2023). Fostering creativity in higher education is concerned with improving students' professional competence and personal development (Catarino et al, 2019).…”
This study aims to describe the item analysis of creative science thinking skills instruments in environmental education courses. The characteristics of creativity in the context of higher education are the benchmark for this study, namely fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility. The method of research was research and development. The validity study of the instrument was carried out by two experts, and the instrument was tested on 26 students. According to the First Expert, the instrument can be used with little revision and the Second Expert states that the instrument can be used without revision. Therefore, the researchers concluded that the instrument can be used with little revision. Based on the trial data on the 12 questions developed, it was found that 5 of the questions needed to be revised before data collection, 6 questions had to be corrected, and 1 question item was not used/discarded. The revision includes the affirmation of question sentences or commands for questions with a status of accepted but needing to be corrected. Indicators of creativity that concern this study are fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility. Therefore, from the 5 question items, one question was chosen for each that represented the four indicators of creativity.
“…El desarrollo de la creatividad en la educación superior permite fomentar la innovación, abordar los problemas desde diferentes ángulos y desarrollar un pensamiento más profundo y reflexivo, al tiempo que estimula la motivación y el compromiso, contribuyendo a un aprendizaje más significativo y duradero, y prepara para el mundo laboral actual, cada vez más dinámico y competitivo (Rae, 2023).…”
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“…Entre las estrategias utilizadas se pueden destacar, por ejemplo, la incorporación de asignaturas y programas específicos como artes, diseño, escritura creativa, emprendimiento y resolución de situaciones; empleo de métodos de enseñanza centrados en el estudiante que fomenten su participación activa, la exploración y el pensamiento crítico; la colaboración interdisciplinaria para fomentar la creatividad a través de la interacción entre PsicoesPacios / VOl. 18 n. 32 / enerO-juniO, 2024 / issn-e: 2145-2776 diferentes áreas de conocimiento, el uso de la tecnología y de herramientas digitales; y la creación de espacios y entornos creativos para inspirar la creatividad y proporcionar un ambiente propicio para la experimentación y la colaboración (Rae, 2023;Marczewska et al, 2023).…”
Introducción: considerando la gran relevancia de la creatividad para el perfil del profesional del siglo xxi, es de suma importancia aproximarse al estudio de las prácticas de enseñanza de los docentes universitarios y analizar el lugar que ocupa el fomento de la capacidad creativa en estas. Método: este estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, de método no experimental, contó con la participación de 298 docentes de Colombia, Cuba, México y Ecuador. Se empleó un cuestionario de las prácticas de enseñanza, diseñado ad hoc, orientado a valorar el uso de estrategias de mediación cognitiva y emocional-motivacional, flexibilidad metodológica y evaluación. El análisis factorial confirmatorio arrojó 4 factores cuya varianza explicada fue de 74 % y el α = ,86, lo que indica una adecuada consistencia interna de la escala. Resultados: los resultados indican la necesidad de mejora en los aspectos metodológicos relacionados con el fomento de la creatividad desde las prácticas de enseñanza en los docentes de la muestra, sobre todo en el empleo de estrategias de mediación emocional-motivacional. La experiencia docente emergió como una variable asociada a una mayor favorabilidad hacia la creatividad en los docentes y a una mayor flexibilidad metodológica y evaluativa en los niveles de maestría y doctorado. El género femenino se asoció con una mayor atención a los aspectos emocionales y motivacionales relacionados con la creatividad. Se evidenciaron diferencias entre los países, sugiriendo la importancia de mejoras en las instituciones de educación superior colombianas. Conclusiones: se evidencia la relevancia de profundizar y avanzar hacia un consenso en la definición de la creatividad y su operacionalización en los ambientes educativos, con el fin de lograr un proceso de capacitación y preparación adecuada de los docentes en el tema pedagógico y metodológico relacionado con su fomento desde las prácticas de enseñanza.
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