Creative idea evaluation affects trust in decision-makers: the interpersonal consequences of creative idea recognition (failure)

Developing students’ economic competence and creativity is essential to preparing them for economic challenges and changing societal demands. However, school entrepreneurship programs do not necessarily develop economic understanding and creativity equally, making evaluation of their implementation and learning outcomes necessary. This study aims to analyze the implementation, supporting and inhibiting factors, and effectiveness of an entrepreneurship-based school program in developing students’ economic competence and creativity at SMP Negeri 2 Tuhemberua. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed. Data were collected through interviews, documentation, and observations involving the school principal, supervising teacher, and five participating students. Data were analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing, with credibility examined through source and method triangulation. The findings indicate that the Cultivation and MSME Business Project supports students’ understanding of production, capital, costs, sales, and profit while encouraging product innovation, problem-solving, responsibility, and cooperation. Nevertheless, program effectiveness remains limited by insufficient time, inadequate facilities, difficulties in financial recordkeeping, and restricted marketing reach. Therefore, the program is effective as a practical learning experience but requires stronger structured reflection, financial literacy activities, and continuous evaluation to improve students’ economic competence and creativity. ABSTRAK Pengembangan kompetensi ekonomi dan kreativitas siswa penting untuk mempersiapkan mereka menghadapi tantangan ekonomi dan perubahan zaman. Namun, pelaksanaan program kewirausahaan di sekolah belum tentu menghasilkan penguasaan konsep ekonomi dan kreativitas secara seimbang sehingga perlu dievaluasi berdasarkan proses dan capaian pembelajarannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pelaksanaan, faktor pendukung dan penghambat, serta efektivitas program sekolah berbasis kewirausahaan dalam mengembangkan kompetensi ekonomi dan kreativitas siswa SMP Negeri 2 Tuhemberua. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara, dokumentasi, dan pengamatan terhadap kepala sekolah, guru pembimbing, serta lima siswa peserta program. Analisis data dilakukan melalui reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan, dengan keabsahan diperiksa melalui triangulasi sumber dan teknik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa program Proyek Budidaya dan Usaha UMKM mendukung pemahaman siswa tentang produksi, modal, biaya, penjualan, dan keuntungan, sekaligus mendorong inovasi produk, pemecahan masalah, tanggung jawab, dan kerja sama. Efektivitas program belum optimal karena keterbatasan waktu, sarana, pencatatan keuangan, dan jangkauan pemasaran. Dengan demikian, program efektif sebagai pengalaman belajar praktis, tetapi memerlukan penguatan refleksi, literasi keuangan, dan evaluasi berkelanjutan.

Creativity is widely considered to be a core competency for learners and graduates in rapidly changing environments; personality research has identified two dispositions as relevant to creativity repeatedly: openness to experience (OE) and tolerance of ambiguity (TOA). This narrative review examined how OE, TOA and creativity are related (with particular attention to university undergraduates). The review clarifies the three constructs and their measures, summarizes evidence for OE–creativity, TOA–creativity and OE–TOA associations, compares theoretical accounts linking them together and proposes an integrative model in which TOA may explain how openness translates into creative thinking and achievement. Evidence for an OE–creativity link is substantial and comparatively consistent. Evidence for a TOA–creativity link is positive but less strong, relies heavily on self-report, and is concentrated in a small number of research groups. Formal tests of TOA as a mediator were not found. The review closes with methodological recommendations and a research agenda for undergraduate samples, including cross-cultural and longitudinal designs, and with implications for educators who wish to foster creativity as a student strength.

This article examines the pedagogical experience of teachers who use project activities in the learning process; it identifies the basis for working on a project. The article discusses the conditions that contribute to the development of creative self-realization among high school students, such as the increasing complexity of project activities. The article concludes with relevant recommendations.

The article analyzes the process of development and initiation of creative abilities at various stages of profession-oriented foreign language training for technical university students. Each stage of foreign language training is described by key characteristics that contribute to the development of students’ creative abilities in a non-linguistic university. The process of developing students’ creative abilities is a hierarchical one. Each stage of foreign language training serves as a preparatory step for the development and initiation of the student's creative abilities.

The article provides a theoretical and methodological rationale for the use of creative psychological and pedagogical technologies in teaching subject-specific methodologies of natural science disciplines in higher education. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to shift from the acquisition of reproductive knowledge to productive, inquiry-oriented, and professionally focused learning activities in the training of prospective teachers in natural science disciplines. Such activities enable students to generate ideas, formulate and test hypotheses, model natural processes, make methodologically grounded decisions, and create educational products. The aim of the article is to clarify the concept of creative psychological and pedagogical technologies, identify the features that determine their creative orientation, and substantiate the principles, conditions, and criteria for their selection and implementation in the professional training of prospective teachers of natural science disciplines. The study is theoretical and analytical in nature. The source base comprises regulatory documents, research articles, and methodological publications addressing the development of creativity, inquiry- and problem-based learning, teacher education in natural science disciplines, and the use of project-based, digital, and geoinformation tools. Analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, systematization, classification, pedagogical modeling, and methodological extrapolation were employed. Creative psychological and pedagogical technologies are understood as pedagogical technologies whose organization creates conditions for productive creative activity through openness to problems, variability of possible solutions, independent generation and verification of ideas, and the creation of a result that is new to the learner. Their implementation in natural science teacher education requires combining originality and variability with scientific validity, evidence-based reasoning, and verifiability. The methodological tools were systematized according to their functional purposes, distinguishing pedagogical technologies, methods, and types of activity, educational approaches, and digital tools. Psychological and pedagogical conditions and criteria for their selection were identified. The theoretical analysis provides grounds for considering problem- and inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, case-based learning, design thinking, modeling, open-ended tasks, geoinformation services, and virtual laboratories as promising tools for organizing creatively oriented learning activities of prospective teachers of natural science disciplines. Their appropriate integration may potentially contribute to the development of creative, critical, and systemic thinking, inquiry skills, and the ability to apply knowledge in non-standard educational and professional situations; however, these effects require further empirical verification. The findings may be used to develop educational programs and instructional materials for the professional training of prospective teachers in natural science disciplines.