Narrative Creativity in a Multicultural Classroom in Comparison with a Monocultural Classroom

Diverse Learners, Diverse Backgrounds

“…For students, interacting with peers from diverse backgrounds and building new friendships provide the same opportunities. In a recent study in Spain, researchers found that students in a multicultural classroom had higher creativity indexes, especially for the dimension of originality, than their peers in a monocultural classroom (Portnova & Ortega Martín, ). Beyond increased creativity, diversity is an important part of friendship development.…”