DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR CREATIVE COMPETENCE OF SECONDARY  SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIETNAM BASED ON OECD AND PISA APPROACHES

Bui Minh Duc; Nguyen Phuong Mai; Pham Thi Thanh Ha

Bui Minh Duc	buiminhduc@hpu2.edu.vn	Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 32 Nguyen Van Linh, Xuan Hoa ward, Phu Tho province, Vietnam
Pham Thi Thanh Ha*	pttha@hluv.edu.vn	Hoa Lu University Hoa Lu ward, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam
Nguyen Phuong Mai	mainp@vnies.edu.vn	The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences 101 Tran Hung Dao street, Cua Nam ward, Hanoi, Vietnam

Summary:

In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, creative competence has been identified as a core competence for adapting to rapidly changing work environments. However, Vietnam’s 2018 General Education Curriculum has not yet specified a concrete creative competence framework with clearly defined development levels and assessment indicators, posing challenges for instructional design and competence assessment in practice. This study uses theoretical analysis and synthesis to integrate the OECD and PISA 2022 creative thinking frameworks with the requirements of Vietnam’s 2018 General Education Curriculum. The findings propose a creative competence framework comprising five core components: (1) identifying new information and ideas; (2) analyzing and clarifying new ideas; (3) generating new ideas from existing information sources; (4) improving existing solutions or proposing new ones; and (5) comparing and critically evaluating proposed solutions. These components are delineated across four development levels: Dormant, Emergent, Excellent, and Outstanding. The results provide a theoretical foundation for developing and assessing creative competence among lower secondary school students in Vietnam while ensuring alignment with international standards.

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Keywords:

Creative competence

secondary school students

the 2018 General Education Curriculum

OECD

PISA.

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Journal:

No. 6, June 2026

VIETNAM JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

THE VIETNAM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR CREATIVE COMPETENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIETNAM BASED ON OECD AND PISA APPROACHES