在職進修成人學習者思考風格與創造力之相關研究

A Study on In-Service Adult Learners' Thinking Styles and Creativity

本研究係以技職院校二技在職專班學習者為研究對象，旨在探討影響成人學習者之思考風格與創造力的個人背景變項，並瞭解思考風格與創造力相關之情形，以提供教育學術研究領域與實務工作者之參考。為達此一目的，本研究採問卷調查法，以「個人基本資料調查表」、「竹筷子創造力測驗」、及「成人學習者思考風格量表」等三部分為研究工具，有效樣本共711份。經過統計分析後，獲得以下六點結論：\r一、成人學習者思考風格以階層型最顯著，全球型最不顯著。\r二、成人學習者之思考風格與性別、年齡、以及工作年資等個人背景變項有關。\r三、成人學習者之創造力相當高。\r四、成人學習者之創造力與性別、年齡、專長領域、職業類別、工作年資等個人背景變項有關。五、成人學習者之思考風格與創造力具有相關。\r六、個人背景變項與思考風格對成人學習者創造力具有預測力。根據上述研究結論，本研究對未來研究提出建議與具體作法，希望能夠在實務與學術上實踐本研究之結果。

The study is aimed to investigate thinking styles and creativity in adult learners. The students enrolled in the technical colleges and universities of science and technology were used as the subjects， and a total of 711 were studied. Besides demographic data， “Unusual uses of chopsticks ”and “Thinking style inventory of adult learners” were used as the instruments of this study. Statistical analysis yielded the following results: 1. Adult learners tended to be more of “hierarchical style” and less of “global style”. 2. Three (including: gender， age， and the length of working) out of the five background variables were significantly related to thinking styles. 3. Adult learners were highly creative.4. The creativity of adult learners was related to all of the five background variables， including: gender， age， fields of expertise， occupation， and the length of working. 5. Background variables and thinking styles were able to predict the creativity of adult learners. Based on the results mentioned above， some suggestions were proposed to future researchers.