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Introduction

Name Nida Afzal Khan

Class B.Ed(hons) 5th semester

Class # 17

Subject Educational psychology

Teacher Dr.Amjid Reba

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Topic

Creativity

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Creativity

Meaning and definition of Creativity:1. ‘’Torrence define creativity as a process of

becoming sensitive to problems, deficiencies, gaps of knowledge, missing elements, and so on, identifying the difficulties, search for solutions, formulating hypothesis about the deficiencies, testing and retesting hypothesis and possibly modifying and retesting them and finally communicating results.’’

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Continue….. “weisberg, springer define creative mind

as One in which a problem stimulus easily evolves material from various experimental areas”

Ability to produce something new through imaginative skill, whether a new solution to a problem, a new method or device, or a new artistic object or form. The term generally refers to a richness of ideas and originality of thinking.

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Evaluation of definition of creativity

The person who creates.Mental processes asserting with in the person who creates.Cultural and environmental factors working on the creator.Products of creativity, i.e. poems, painting, theories and inventions.

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Conclusion of definitions

Creativity is the ability or capacity of a person to

discover and explore new areas to create or produce a new idea, theory or object

including the rearrangement or re shaping of what already

exist.

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Creativity and divergent thinking:

According to Guilford in 1959, creative thinking means divergent thinking and uncreative thinking means convergent thinking.

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Creativity and intelligence:

J.P.Gulford clearly distinguish between intellectual operation of ‘divergent thinking’ (creative process) and convergent thinking’ (which represents intelligence). Every intelligent person may not be creative but a very high percentage of the creative people posses intelligence to a high degree.

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Creativity and age:

Creativity starts from childhood.Reach to highest peak at thirty year of

age,Start decline slowly afterward.Factors that retard creativity:social, emotional physical.

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Creativity and mental age:

Guilford talks of the following mental abilities:Fluency, (the ability to produce large ideas).Flexibility ( the ability to produce a variety of

ideas or approaches)Originality (the ability to produce on common

responses)Redefinition ( the ability to define or perceive

in a way different from the usual)Sensitivity to problem (the ability to evaluate

implications).

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Creativity process:creative process is any process which

produces something new—an object or an idea including a new form or arrangement of old elements.

The new creation must contribute to be solution of some problem.

Torrance thinks that the process of creativity is similar to the steps in scientific method. The central element is the production of something new.

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Nature and characteristic of creativity:

Creativity is resultant of some interaction.

Creativity is the ability to synthesize ideas or objects.

Creativity is the ability to create new ideas, theories or objects.

Creativity is the ability to develop something original.

Creativity has several dimensions.

Creativity is a process as well as a product.

Creativity is a complex, dynamic and serious process.

Creativity knows no special medium, place, person or time.

Creativity is the capacity to accept challenge.

Creativity is the freedom to exercise choice.

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Creativity to different peopleCreativity to the artist is the ability to bring to mind

an emotional mood.To the architect, creativity is the ability to develop

new approaches, forms and new materials.To the scientist, is the ability to explore new way of

extending knowledge? To the teacher creativity is the ability to discover and

apply dynamic methods of teaching-learning.To students, creativity is the ability to use words and

phrases in new situations to solve sum speedily, to prepare new types of charts, to write essays and stories depicting new ideas and so on.

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Characteristic of creative personality:

Adventurous.Curious by nature.Desirous of excelIntuitive.Non-conformist.Visionary.Willing to take risk.Keen to explore and invent.Self-disciple.

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Role of school in promoting of creativity in children:School is, in fact the proper place where an

organized effort should be made to develop the basic foundations for creativity in children. Deliberate attempts need to be made to develop an environment of creativity.

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Methods for promoting creativity.1. Identification of the creative child: we may use both test and non-test technique

for the identification of the creative child.

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2. Factors in the school that hinder creativity: The traditional curriculum and methods of

teaching are rigid. The educational system largely encourages

acquisition of knowledge. It lays emphasis on rote memory.It rarely calls upon children to think. It usually teacher centered.

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3. Strategies for developing creativity:

Creativity needs to be identified, energized and guided almost from birth.

Creativity is likely to flourish in an environment which values independent and free thinking.

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4. Types of programmes for the education of creative children: Identification of the creative children from

the school population.Formulation of general and specific goals for

guiding creative talent.Providing appropriate learning environment.Stimulating creativity among those children

who do not apparently show it.

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5. Providing creative learning environment and experiences in the classroom: Allow the students as unusual questions.Show pupils that their ideas have values.Provide opportunities to students for self-

initiated learning.Encourage debates, discussions, quizzes etc.Encourage students for self-evaluation.Follow brainstorming strategies.

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Continue…..

Inspire the students to emulate creative persons.

Provide for exciting experiences to the students.

Provide a safe, permissive and warm environment.

Provide necessary guidance and counseling for developing motivation and overcoming emotional fears.

Arrange lectures of creative personalities.

Q & A

Thoughts

Reflections

Questions

Thank you…..