CREATIVITY

Meaning
Creativity
Latin word
“creare”
meaning
‘to create’ or ‘make’
Definition

‘ Creativity is the power of human mind

to create new contents by transforming
relations and generating new correlates’.

------ Spearman
Definition

‘Creativity is the capacity to produce

ideas that are both new and useful through
divergent thinking’.
---- Guilford
Nature of Creativity
Everyone possess creative powers to some degree.
Any creative expression is a source of joy and satisfaction
to the creator.
Creativity involves divergent thinking
The field of creative expression is very wide.
The end product of creative thinking should be something
tangible.
The creator is a person who is able to make ego involved
statement like It is my idea I have solved the problem etc.
Factors influencing Creativity
 Learning
Experience
Motivation
Imagination
Intelligence
Personality
Learning

•Educational System.
•Increase to meet the demands of
innovation.
•Improve Student progress in specific
areas.
Experience

•Desirable
•Findable
•Valuable
Motivation
• Reward System
• Leadership Style
• Structure of Work
Imagination

• Interest
• Satisfaction
• Challenge
Intelligence

•IQ
•Convergent Thinking
•Divergent Thinking
Personality

•Extravert
•Openness
Stages of Creativity

•Preparation
•Incubation
•Illumination
•Verification
Preparation
Problem is defined
Collection of Data
Discussion of facts
Plan of action is formulated
Incubation

• Period of rest/ sleep/ do some other problem

• New knowledge arise
• No external disturbance
Illumination

• Sudden appearance of solution

• Illumination may occur at any time/dream
Verification
• Solution is correct or wrong
• Any modification
Identification of Creativity

• Necessary to identify gifted children in

School.
• Co-operation of parents, teachers,
psychologist and social workers required to
identify them.
Methods to Identify Creativity
• Intelligence test
• Achievement test
• Cumulative record
• Teachers observation
Promotion of Creativity
• Proper assessment of abilities
• Continuous educational provisions
• Proper facilities and materials
• Competent school staff
• Individual attention
• Special methods of teaching
• Homogenous grouping
• Acceleration/Double promotion
• Enrichment of curriculum
Proper assessment of abilities

• Provide pleasure environment

• List out the skills
• Identify learning outcomes
Continuous educational provisions

• Avoids gap in between education

• Provide continuous education
Proper facilities and materials

• Advanced or latest learning materials

• Enrich their knowledge
Competent school staff

•Well equipped with efficient teachers

•Psychologists
•Curriculum planners
•Administrators
Individual attention
• Individual attention for gifted children
• Encourages open ended inquiries
• Creative team building exercises
• Brainstorming session
• Discussion
Special methods of teaching

•Efficient method like Dalton plan,

Project method, Assignment method
etc
•Special library
•Club activities
Homogenous grouping

• Group the students of homogenous ability

• Easy to provide educational materials
Acceleration/Double promotion

•Bright child may admitted

earlier to prescribed age
•Promotion based on
brightness
Enrichment of curriculum

•Gifted children provided enrichment

curriculum.
•Instructional material
Creativity Intelligence

Based on divergent thinking Based on convergent thinking

Laws/ Principles are not used Laws / Principles are used

Various creative things are made Creative materials are not made

Innovations are made Speed and Accuracy are

measured
It take much time to test It moves fastly
creativity

IQ is not more necessary IQ is more necessary