1922 | Creative Intelligence In Forming Student Character
be more appropriate to implement it in the
teaching and learning process. Teachers
have an important role in the learning
process to improve children's creative
intelligence. Creative intelligence can
increase because it is influenced by several
factors, namely the teacher (educator),
learning methods, and materials, and is
influenced by the environment. To achieve
this success, students must have good
social behavior, namely behaving politely,
and helping and forgiving fellow human
beings, regardless of those from the upper
and lower classes. In addition, humans
must also have positive emotions, positive
emotions include love, friendship,
acceptance, trust, kindness, and a sense of
closeness. No less important is having the
characteristics of independence, that is
being able to solve life's problems based on
one's strength to achieve success in the
form of safety, happiness, and well-being
(Slameto, 2017).
Creative thinking is a synthesis of
complementary lateral and vertical
thinking. This understanding states that
creative thinking involves thinking logically
or analytically as well as intuitively, as in the
second view in the sense of creative
thinking (Pehkonen, 1997).
The ability to think creatively refers to
the ability to generate new varied solutions
to open-ended problems. The ability to
think creatively is the ability to generate
new ideas or ways of producing a product.
The development of creative thinking skills
is influenced by various factors. One of
these factors is the perception of creativity.
In general, there are two different views on
creativity. The first view states that creativity
is only owned by individuals with certain
characteristics. Creativity is only possessed
by genius individuals with extraordinary
abilities in certain fields, such as science,
literature, or art. Creativity is also seen as
magical and mysterious which involves
subconscious activity.
Lack of creativity in students in
realizing the learning process when they
encounter problems in learning, for
students who are not creative try to find
solutions to what they are facing such as
asking friends, reading books looking to
the library or searching the internet,
arguing, and conveying new ideas. In
essence, all students have the same
abilities, it's just a matter of how the people
around them can develop these abilities.
Creative thinking is very useful in
navigating life.
This is in line with the research that has
been conducted by Tritjahjo Danny S in the
title Development of Student Creativity
whose research results show that the
teacher's role needs to implement a
method that accommodates more
students' divergent thinking, including
learning with an inquiry approach (inquiry),
using brainstorming techniques, giving
examples (by example) through attitudes,
and accommodating divergent thinking
through questions/tasks. In addition, the
habits of thinking and behavior of creative
teachers are also role models for students.
Development of creativity in post-learning
can be done through giving awards for
creative achievements, and providing
complete facilities or media so that creative
thinking can be realized.
To see the importance of creativity in
students in real life, thus developing
creative intelligence in students can help