Girls score higher in creative thinking than boys in almost all education systems, according to new PISA data. Read the #PISA report on creative thinking via OECD #OpenAccess : https://brnw.ch/21wLUDS | OECD Education and Skills
Insightful! But maybe preaches a reverse sexism
My 'creative thinking' tells and warns me that I cannot count the number of variables that I would have to 'control for' to make any evidenced statement about the 'proficiency level of creativity' - and then be so gullible and self-opinionated [or both] as to pronounce [presumptuously] that 'girls are considerably stronger creative thinkers than boys'!!!! In 2005 OECD published a Policy Brief 'Formative assessment: Improving Learning In Secondary Classrooms' which to the Director of the UK's first research centre into Formative teaching and learning [University of Manchester] offered me the hope that 'data farming' masquerading as teaching was being seriously questioned and learner-centred teaching had a chance. Now, 19 years later, someone has 'conned' OECD into following this twaddle of 'labelling' and predicting. Please OECD, go back to the principles of learning - it's an individual process and it depends on so many contextual, social, economic variables. You know this to be true, so publish less of this self-gratuitous nonsense and more of the focused advice you gave to teachers and policymakers in 2005. Professor Bill Boyle
This is part of the ongoing war on boys and the general war on men. All education schools are feminine institutions. The tendency to be obedient seems to be the most rewarded trait. And that's essentially agreeableness, which, next to neuroticism, is the biggest personality difference between the sexes (women scoring higher). But no one cares for the sex differences there, they simply want boys to play in the environment designed for girls. There's no linear relationship with education/academic achivements with the objective career success on the free market. So it's time to have an education system that ACTUALLY prepare children according to the needs of the labor market.
I wouldn't call 31 to 34 average points "considerable stronger" but, fine. If it was the other way around, woudn't you be calling out for intitutionalised sexism and misogyny in our education systems? Why aren't you asking why are boys being left behind?
How about other genders? Do we have only girls and boys to talk about?
"Interesting finding about girls scoring higher in creative thinking. Would be great to see if the PISA report explores the reasons behind this - are girls encouraged to be more creative in schools or are there other societal factors at play?" This way, you can add to the discussion the article started, while keeping it relevant to the PISA data finding.
Brian Droncheff I belive this could help your STEM research...
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Alejandra Mancilla look at this
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3wThe insights from this study, while valuable, are undermined by several methodological flaws that call into question the authenticity of the results: 1. The questionnaire heavily depends on students' verbal abilities, which may disadvantage creative students who struggle with articulation, such as those on the autism spectrum. 2. The assessment fails to evaluate creativity in hands-on activities like crafting or machine-making, where some students may excel. 3. Many questions focus on logical problem-solving, which may lead logically-minded students to choose practical solutions over creative ones though they may have a great creative mind. This skews the assessment and does not fairly measure creativity. 4. The questions do not address areas like philosophy, which require abstract and creative thinking. 5. The study's conclusion that girls are better at creative thinking risks reinforcing gender stereotypes. More rigorous psychological research is needed before making such claims. The study is more suited to evaluating school performance and the impact of training and environment on creativity, rather than drawing definitive conclusions about gender differences.