PLoS ONE · 2017 · 97 citations · 50 references
ManagementKinesiologyPhysical EducationAthletic TrainingCreativitySport PedagogyCreative CognitionCreative PerformanceCreative ProcessCreativity DevelopmentGroup CreativityTeam CreativityAgility In Team SportsChildhood Physical LiteracyCreative BehaviorCreative Thinking DevelopmentMotor PerformanceMotor Performance EvaluationMotor Performance TestingNonlinear Pedagogy
Team Sports has been suggested as a suitable environment to investigate creative behavior. This study's purpose was two-fold: first, it intended to identify the effects of the Skills4Genius sports-bases training program in thinking, motor, and in-game creative behavior in team sports. Second, it aimed to investigate the relationship between creative thinking and in-game creativity. Forty children from primary school were allocated into control (n = 18, age: 9.2±0.4) and experimental (n = 22, age: 9.5±0.7) groups. The experimental group participated in a five-month training program involving either creative thinking, diversification, physical literacy, and nonlinear pedagogy approaches (Skills4Genius). Variables in the study included: a) creative thinking; b) motor performance (vertical jump, speed, and agility); c) in-game individual creative behavior (attempts, fluency, and versatility); and d) in-game collective behavior (positional regularity). The results suggested that the Skills4Genius program fostered creative thinking, agility, and speed performance. Moreover, it stretched the in-game individual creative behavior mainly through the improvement of the attempts and versatility of the player's actions. Lastly, it nurtured a better learning of the tactical principles, whereas the children were more coordinated with their teammates' and opponents' positioning. Additionally, this study presents a positive correlation linking creative thinking and in-game creative performance. These findings highlighted that creativity is facilitated while players become more thinking and game-skilled. Coaches and educators may apply this functional environment to inspire children's disposition to move outside the box and trigger a creative spark in team sports players. Notwithstanding, the sports environment is ideally suited for fostering creative behavior, a higher-order disposition that will go on to differentiate the everyday life of a child.
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Creative learning environments in education—A systematic literature review
Dan Davies, Divya Jindal‐Snape, Chris Collier et al. · Thinking Skills and Creativity · 2012 · 784 citations · Full text