Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51547#.VG2rM2fHRK0 Author(s) Iida Vedenpää , Kirsti Lonka Affiliation(s) Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore what kinds of conceptions of creativity and learning Finnish teachers and teacher students expressed, and how these conceptions were related to the respondents’ epistemologies (conceptions of knowledge and learning). The participants (n = 89) answered an e-form, consisting of 3 open-ended questions (conceptions of learning, creativity and the connection between the two). In addition, there were 23 two-part Likert-type statements on epi...
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