EFFECT OF SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS ON CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN

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  • Richa Sharma Astt. Professor, Dev same College of Education, Chandigarh

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https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2011/v1/i2/1614

Keywords:

School Environment, Home Environment, Creativity.

Abstract

In the present study an attempt has been made to find out the effect of school and home environments on creativity of children. A sample of 200 ninth class adolescents studentsfrom100government and100privateschools wasdrawnfromChandigarh city of India . The study revealed that government school students of Chandigarh city have higher creativity except in elaboration as compared to private school students . The mean scores also show that the girls as compared to boys have higher level of creativity. The significant t-values show that the creative stimulation, cognitive environment dimensions, permissiveness dimensions of school environment effects the creativity of school children to a certain extent. There also exists a significant difference between children of rich and poor home environments on all the dimensions of creativity.

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Published

2011-11-10

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Richa Sharma. (2011). EFFECT OF SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS ON CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN. MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 1(2), 187–196. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2011/v1/i2/1614

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