EFFECT OF SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS ON CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN
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https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2011/v1/i2/1614Keywords:
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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