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Can creativity be measured?
Ernesto Villalba
Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL)
Unit of applied statistics, Institute for
Protection and Security of Citizen (IPSC)
European Commission- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
BRAINSTORMING ON MEASURING INNOVATION ON
EDUCATION 11 June 2009 OECD, Conference Centre,
Room 12 2, rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex
16, France
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The beginning of a CHALLENGE
CAN CREATIVITY BE MEASURED?
2. CAN CREATIVITY BE MEASURED?
1. WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
3. IS IT FEASIBLE TO DO IT IN AN INTERNATIONAL,
COMPARATIVE WAY?
Inductive approach
4. WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE?
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The conference

• Two days
• Around 200 participants
• Around 30 presenters

"Creativity is the core of any innovation. But
creativity is a complex construct and requires to
be studied properly if we want to develop and
implement effective policies".
President Barrosos message for the conference
Can creativity be measured? http//crell.jrc.it/
creativitydebate/
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Day 2 individual level (i)

• Overview
• Measurement approaches
• Individual differences
• Personality
• Divergent thinking
• Scientific Creativity
• In organizations
• ICT
• Towards a cross-national survey
• Creativity and education

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Day 2 individual level (i)
Individual level Main points (a)

• Originality
• Usefulness appropriate
• Risks taking
• The Ps (Product, process, person, press,
  potential)

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Day 2 individual level (ii)
Individual level Main points (b)

• Social Construction
• ? A parsimonious definition possible?
• Emphasis on FORMATIVE assessments
• Precision use as an adjective (creative
  products, processes, potential)
• Tolerance

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Day 1 aggregate level
National and regional approaches to aspects of
creativity

• European Commission initiatives
• DG ENTR
• DG REGIO
• DG EUORSTAT
• DG RTD
• Other international, national and regional
  examples

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Day 1 aggregate level (i)
Aggregate level Main points (a)

• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Tolerance (heterogeneity, open to mistakes)
• Role of Cultural sector

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Day 1 aggregate level (ii)
Aggregate level Main points (b)

• Indicators approach usefulness
• to raise awareness and debate
• ? to ask questions
• Need of INTEGRATED APPROACH
• Beyond the CREATIVE CLASS
• Measurement vs. Causality

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Creativity and innovation in education

• Precision ? What type of innovation? Product,
  process, person all?
• Usefulness ? What would be the use of a survey?
  The final impact?
• CONSENSUS ? Need of a common approach!

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Thank you!
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ernesto.villalba_at_jrc.it