Developing students’ creative self-efficacy: Results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Released in 2024, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report on creative thinking, Creative Minds, Creative Schools, ranked New Zealand 5th out of a total of 81 participating countries. This inaugural PISA study of creative thinking reflects a growing global interest in creativity as an essential competency. Creativity is vital for economic, social, and individual wellbeing but also a competency that remains marginalised and misunderstood. This article provides an overview of the PISA report and New Zealand’s results. It highlights the importance of self-efficacy for increasing creative capacities and offers some practical ideas to teachers for how they consider and cultivate creative thinking for themselves and their students.