Making Familiar Strange (Mfs) Approach of Synectics Model of Teaching - a Treatment for Enhancing Creativity and Academic Achievement of Learners

MAKING FAMILIAR STRANGE (MFS) APPROACH OF SYNECTICS MODEL OF TEACHING - A TREATMENT FOR ENHANCING CREATIVITY AND
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
OF LEARNERS

An
ABSTRACT
Submitted to
Lovely Professional University
In Partial fulfillment of the Requirement for the
Award of the Degree of
Master of Philosophy in Education

Supervisor Investigator
Dr. Ramandeep Kaur Uttam Thakur
Senior Lecturer
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Lovely School of Education
Department of Education
Phagwara, Punjab
2007-08

ABSTRACT

Creativity as a psychological construct is more or less present in each and every human being, which is to be unfolded and nourished through a well-planned and purposive system of education. Creativity is not only concerned with the creation of novel products but it is very much concerned with innovation of original solutions to problems at hand. The problems are in the personal, occupational and social areas of human life or any other of that sort. The creative potentialities of the individuals need be developed through appropriate teaching strategies. The present day classroom transaction system provides little opportunity for creative work. Therefore there is need to provide ample scope to children for the development of their creative talents. The Making Familiar Strange (MFS) approach of synectics model of teaching is one of such approaches, the impact of which has been studied in the present investigation with regard to the dependent variables like creativity and academic achievement in science.

It is pointed out here that any strategy of teaching besides developing the aspects, for which it is intended, should also have some contribution towards academic achievement. Hence, in the present study attempt has been made by the investigator to study the impact of the independent variable MFS approach of synectics model of teaching on the dependent variables namely, creativity and academic achievement.

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