Increased creative production in Spanish university students of Education

Abstract

The university training of Education students should include attention to creative competence, since today’s society needs imaginative teachers, capable of adapting and developing useful and interesting proposals in their practice. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effect of a creative production training program (applied online for six weeks, 36 days) on narrative and graphic competence, on personal barriers inhibiting creativity and on the self-esteem of Spanish university students of Education. The evaluation of the program took place before and after the intervention, using an experimental group (129 students) and a control group (109 students). The results showed statistically significant differences in narrative and graphic production in the students participating in the training, supported by their positive subjective impressions six months after the end of the program. The results are discussed and implications for practice are offered.