Creativity—Innovative Thinking—Tolerance in Uncertainty Views of Undergraduate Students in Greek Universities Based on the Faculty of Their Studies.docVIP

Creative Education 2013. Vol.4, No.2, 143-148 Published Online February 2013 in SciRes (/journal/ce) /10.4236/ce.2013.42020 Creativity—Innovative Thinking—Tolerance in Uncertainty: Views of Undergraduate Students in Greek Universities Based on the Faculty of Their Studies Yota Xanthacou , Nektarios A. Stavrou , Thomas Babalis 1 2 2 1 University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece 2 University of Athens, Athens, Greece Email: xanthakou@rhodes.aegean.gr, nstavrou@phed.uoa.gr, tbabalis@primedu.uoa.gr Received September 30 , 2012; revised October 30 , 2012; accepted November 16 , 2012 th th th Innovative-creative thinking and tolerance towards uncertain situations concern the field of the present study. Through scenarios and alternative proposals that concern views about the presence (university) or the future as well (professional career after the university), the research focuses on undergraduate students in Greek universities. The research took place in 2011 in a sample of 836 students, using the questionnaire as an instrument, in a difficult financially and socially conjuncture for the country, with the unemploy- ment galloping especially in young people and graduates. The present study examines the extent to which the type of student’s studies (social science and science) differentiates innovative-creative thinking and tolerance towards the uncertainty of subjects. Results showed that undergraduates of Social Science Fac- ulties make more “conservative” choices, both during their studies as well as during the selection of pro- fessional perspectives. On the other hand, students of Sciences show higher tolerance in uncertainty, pur- suing more challenging working conditions, as well as ass