Abstract:
Doctoral training is supposed to equip a student with the highest skills and knowledge to make the
student have a full grasp or an in-depth understanding of the discipline and research process (e.g.,
literature review, methodology, theoretical knowledge, writing, and reporting, among others). For a
doctoral student to be equipped with such skills and knowledge, creativity is paramount. This is
because creativity is an enabling factor that helps one to understand their own world and be prepared
to change it for the better, and is a required key competence for a graduate in the 21stcentury era which
is dynamic, complex, and uncertain. A creative doctoral student refuses to get stuck to reproductive
education and aspires to independently act and contribute to new knowledge and innovations. Several
reviews and studies (past and current) have argued that doctoral training enhances creativity in the
student, while others are skeptical about the same. Therefore, in this literature review paper, we attempt
to explain the concept and importance of creativity and show how doctoral students can demonstrate
creativity. We also try to describe the stages of creativity that doctoral training has to prepare students
to go through, and how creativity can be enhanced in doctoral students. |
