Enhancing creative thinking in future teachers in Kazakhstan through modern intellectual technologies

Abstract

According to the concept of the “New Kazakhstan” education system, the development of teachers' creative thinking became important. The purpose is to conduct an experimental test of the effectiveness of psychological and pedagogical IT technologies for developing creative thinking. Thus, 60 3rd year students of the Faculty of Pedagogy were involved in the study. The results of the Torrance test showed that the difference between the groups was not statistically significant (p = 0.47). The actual experiment lasted 8 weeks and involved the use of modern IT technologies. The tools for determining creative thinking were formed from the Torrance Test (TTST), Guilford's methodology, and the author's test for determining the level of creativity. The results indicate that the experimental group significantly increased average creativity scores after the training (the increase in TTST was +16.29 points). The increase in the control group was half as much. According to the Guilford methodology, there was a significant improvement in such parameters as fluidity (from 24.5 to 31.2) and flexibility of thinking (from 22.7 to 29.6). The conclusions summarize that the active use of IT technologies in teacher education affects the development of the basic creative abilities of students.