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* 1. Please indicate your level of agreement with these statements

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Disagree Nor Agree Agree Strongly Agree
Creativity is a rare gift that only a few people have
Some people are naturally more creative than others
Most people can develop their creativity if they are given the opportunity to do so
Developing students' creativity should be an integral part of their development while they are at university
Students' programmes are designed to encourage students' to use and develop their creativity
Higher education could do more to encourage and support students' creative development
Higher education should do more to encourage and support students' creative development

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* 2. Which of these statements best fits how you feel about the role creativity plays in your professional life?

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I rarely use creativity in my work
I am occasionally creative in my work
I am often creative in my work
I use my creativity in most aspects of my work most of the time

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* 3. In the context of your work please indicate your level of agreement with these statements about what being creative means to you

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Disagree Nor Agree Agree Strongly Agree
Using my imagination
Having ideas that are new to me
Having ideas that are new to the contexts I am working in
Changing my understanding
Adapting existing ideas for the contexts I am working in
Doing things differently
Making new things
Making new things happen
Seeing situations from different perspectives
Going beyond what has been done before in a particular context
Being able to look at new concepts and ideas and put them together in different but personally meaningful ways
Generating something new in response to an educational need or aspiration which matters to me
Solving problems and overcoming barriers
Improvising when necessary

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* 4. Please indicate your level of agreement on the value of these definitions when considering creativity in the context of developing something.

  Not very useful Useful Very useful
Creativity is the production of novel and useful ideas in any domain (Amabile 1996)
Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. It involves two processes: thinking then producing (Naiman 2014)
Creativity is the entire process by which ideas are generated, developed and transformed into value  (Kao 1997)
Creativity is the desire and ability to use imagination, insight, intellect, feeling and emotion to move an idea from one state to an alternative, previously unexplored state (Dellas and Gaier 1970)
Creativity is the emergence in action of a novel relational product growing out of the uniqueness of the individual on the one hand, and the materials, events, people, or circumstances of his life  (Rogers 1961)
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* 5. Gender

 
Male
Female

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* 6. What is your professional role?

 
Academic lecturer
Educational developer
Learning technology developer
Learning and skills advisor/support
Other

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* 7. Your subject/disciplinary field(s)

Thank you for your contribution to this survey.
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http://www.creativeacademic.uk/creativity-course.html

Professor Norman Jackson

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