In a constantly changing world, where technology and innovation advance, education has the challenge of preparing new generations to face the challenges of the present and contribute significantly to the development of society. In this context, Creative thinking is positioned as a fundamental skill for success in today’s world. This is why the OECD has decided to integrate the evaluation of these competencies in 15-year-old students around the world into the PISA test.
In an event held at the Artequin Museum, the results of the creative thinking evaluation were presented, in which Chile is positioned favorably compared to other countries, standing out in several aspects related to creativity:
Chile is the leading country in creative thinking in the region, surpassing all participating Latin American countries: Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Panama, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.
In addition, it is ranked above some European countries such as Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia and Greece.
Chile is above the average of the countries that participated in this study. Below leading economies such as Singapore, South Korea and Canada, the countries that showed the best performance.
The results of our country do not present significant differences with Hong Kong.
“Chile has demonstrated good performance in the creative module of the PISA test. Students once again stand out in generating diverse ideas and visual and written expression, although we identified areas of improvement in evaluation of ideas and resolution of social and scientific problems. These results underline the comprehensive capacity of students and the commitment of teaching teams and the educational system to the development of essential skills for the 21st century,” said the executive secretary of the Education Quality Agency, Gino Cortez.
According to the OECD, Creativity is the ability to generate new, original and useful ideas. Creative thinking, on the other hand, is the process of applying creativity to solve problems, make decisions, and create new things. In this framework, Chile obtains results similar to the OECD average in the generation of diverse ideas, visual expression and written expression.
In the aspects of creative ideas, evaluation and improvement of ideas, and resolution of social and scientific problems, the results are lower than the OECD average, highlighting a pending challenge in the resolution of social problems.
Besides, around two out of three students outperformed their international peers who have similar performance in Mathematics, which shows that, in Chile, young people can obtain high scores in creative thinking regardless of their performance in Mathematics.
