The development of creative ability of pre-vocational students

Developing the creative ability of pre-vocational students requires a structured approach. Schools play an important role in this but lack the expertise to design, implement and evaluate creativity interventions. The current study aims to investigate the effects of the intervention conscious use of creative competences on the creative ability of pre-vocational secondary education students. A quasi-experimental study with 53 first-year students was implemented. The experimental group (n = 23) was offered an intervention which consisted of one generic and five technological learning trajectories, described in a teaching method. No intervention was presented to the control group. The control group (n = 30) only completed both questionnaires. The creative capability questionnaire was used to collect the data from the research groups. The intervention had a significant effect on the competences resourceful and interacting with others. The results suggest that the intervention is helpful in developing the creative capacity of students in pre-vocational secondary education.