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A Comparative Study on Implicit Creativity of Korea and America Recognized by Korean University Students  

Sung, En-Hyun (Hoseo University)
Ryu, Hyung-Seon (Graduate School of Sungkyunkwan University)
Ha, Joo-Hyun (Kunyang University)
Lee, Jeong-Kyu (KEDI)
Han, Soon-Mi (Catholic University)
Han, Yun-Yung (Graduate School of Sookmyung Woman's University)
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Journal of Gifted/Talented Education / v.17, no.2, 2007 , pp. 365-391 More about this Journal
Abstract
As a previous study to investigate recognition gap of creativity between Korea and America, this study has examined Korean university students' implicit creativity toward Korea and America. The research method using in this study was as follows: The subject were university students in Korea, and they were asked to answer multiply for open-ended questions. For the analysis of the answers, a frequency analysis was used. The results were as follows: 1) It showed that Korean university students considered creativity trait as cognitive trait, personality, cultural trait, research and development areas and arts areas. This result means that Korean university students tend to recognize creativity similarly to the ways of established theories of creativity. 2) For the case of Korea, environmental trait like sociocultural background had great importance for all cases of creativity trait and non-creativity trait. 3) American creativity was recognized focused on individual tendency, on the while, community spirit was considered as creativity trait in Korean creativity. 4) It is considered that American culture had better condition for displaying creativity than Korean culture. 5) Traditional culture of Korea was recognized as creativity trait in terms of originality and superiority, and the possibility of modernistic use of Korean culture. 6) Creative people were ranked by artists, executives, rulers and scientists who were well-known to Korean university students. 7) In the comparison of creativity trait between the two countries revealed the traits of creative people, American creativity was reflected more than Korean creativity, This result seems that those people were favored by Korean university students who were familiar with American culture. In conclusion, this study has found another possibility of creativity of the East among cross-cultural creativity studies. Moreover, this study has suggested that traditional culture and tradition renewal, and values of the East are superior cultural resources which are not exist in the West, and those are expected to play a role in developing creativity.
Keywords
Implicit creativity; Korean creativity; American creativity; crossculture;
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