Name
Creative Personality as it Relates Music Teachers: The Heart of Creative Pedagogy
Date & Time
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Description

The researcher developed and utilized the Creative Music Teacher Profile (CMTP) in this study to assess levels of creative personality of music teachers (N = 43). The measure was developed based on the theoretical work of Abramo and Reynolds (2015) to understand pedagogical creativity, particularly the extent to which they (a) are responsive, flexible, and improvisatory; (b) are comfortable with ambiguity; (c) think metaphorically and juxtapose seemingly incongruent and novel ideas in new and interesting ways; and (d) acknowledge and use fluid and flexible identities. Martinsen’s (2011) Creative Person Profile (CPP) was also used to develop the measure, including the following characteristics of creative people: emotional instability, ambition, associative orientation, motivation, need for originality, agreeableness, and flexibility. Strong positive correlations (p<.01) were discovered among the factors “Teaches Elementary General Music” and “Gender” for the dependent variables “CMTP Total” and “CMTP Subscale 1.” A significant difference (p< .01) was discovered using ANOVA for scores on “CMTP Total” and “CMTP Subscale 1” among teachers who did and did not teach “Elementary General Music.” A significant negative correlation was discovered for teaching band and “CMTP Total.” Implications for music education include developing ways to further measure and encourage improvisatory teaching, thinking differently about pedagogy and curriculum, and being comfortable playing with ideas where curriculum design is concerned.

Location Name
512B
Full Address
Palais des Congres - Montréal Convention Centre
1001, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montreal QC H2Z 1H2
Canada
Session Type
Paper Presentation
Presenting Author(s)
Clint Randles