ix.
Provide opportunities to students for self-initiated learning.
x.
Provide materials which develop imagination of the students.
xi.
Ask challenging and provocative questions and encourage divergent thinking.
xii.
Encourage debates, discussions, quizzes, etc.
xiii.
Encourage students for self-evaluation
xiv.
Follow gaming technique and brain storming strategies.
xv.
Develop skills in using ICT or web based resources.
CONCLUSION
All individuals can be helped to become creative by being placed in an
environment which is conducive to development of the kind of creative behaviour. For
this the school environment must provide ample opportunities for freedom of thought
and other enterprising activities. The teacher in the class and outside may encourage
scientific enquiry in students. Ample freedom should be given to experiment with new
ideas. The teacher should not emphasise confirmatory behaviour but new ideas, novel
plans and innovative actions. The students should be given freedom of thought, freedom
of action and freedom of expression to develop creativity which would contribute to
knowledge creation. Our educational system should satisfy these conditions in order to
develop creativity and the ability to construct knowledge and hence develop a
knowledge society.
Our education should be oriented in such a way as to arouse curiosity of the
pupils that warrants their active mental and physical participation. The innate qualities in
the individuals should be drawn out rather than putting more and more into them. Only
creative and critical minded individuals can contribute to the development of a
knowledge society which would ensure scientific and technological development of a
nation, which is inevitable for the progress and well-being of a nation.
Dr. George Varghese, MTTC Pathanapuram 5