Cross-sectional study reveals that creative thinking positively predicts education for sustainable development in technical university students, suggesting creativity enhances sustainability learning.
This study examined the predictive relationship between creative thinking and education for sustainable development (ESD) among students in selected Technical Universities in Ghana. Using a survey design, data were collected from 549 students through stratified sampling. Creative thinking was measured with Tam et al. [59] creative thinking abilities scale while education for sustainable development was measured with ESDS-20 [17]. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics and covariance-based structural equation modelling. The study revealed that creative thinking predicted education for sustainable development significantly and positively. In this regard, creative thinking is seen as an important educational resource for strengthening sustainable development learning of students in higher education. Therefore, the study recommends that technical universities in Ghana embed creativity-focused and sustainability-oriented learning tasks into core courses of their programmes and lecturer training so that students can develop the capacities needed for responsible action and future-oriented problem solving.
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