Creativity has become an increasingly important competence in today's rapidly changing times, because economics and industries depend on innovation. Creativity is therefore a requirement for school graduates, especially for the ones who strive to pursue a technical or scientific career. But creativity has not been integrated into the curricula of STEM subjects in many European countries like Germany. To successfully integrate it in the classroom, it is important to investigate teachers' views and conceptions on creativity, because they have an influence on teaching and lesson planning. This is the purpose of this study. To investigate the views and conceptions, a research instrument especially designed for this study is used. It includes the creation of two concept maps and filling out a questionnaire. The study was carried out using fifteen German chemistry teachers. The evaluation of the data was made qualitatively as well as quantitatively. It has revealed that almost all of the teachers in this study had a positive attitude towards creativity and had experiences referring to integrating creativity into their own chemistry lessons. But not all of these experiences are good ones and there were some aspects with regard to creativity in general, where uncertainties could be identified.

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德国化学老师对化学课和一般课上的创造力的看法

在当今瞬息万变的时代，由于经济和行业都依靠创新，因此创造力已成为越来越重要的能力。因此，创造力是学校毕业生的要求，尤其是那些努力追求技术或科学职业的毕业生。但是，在德国等许多欧洲国家，创造力尚未融入STEM学科的课程中。要成功地将其整合到课堂中，重要的是要调查教师对创造力的看法和观念，因为它们会对教学和课程计划产生影响。这是本研究的目的。为了调查观点和概念，使用了专门为此研究设计的研究工具。它包括创建两个概念图并填写调查表。这项研究是由15名德国化学老师进行的。对数据进行定性和定量评估。结果表明，在这项研究中，几乎所有的老师都对创造力持积极态度，并具有将创造力融入他们自己的化学课中的经验。但是，并非所有这些经历都是好的经历，并且总的来说，在创造力的某些方面可以发现不确定性。