Effectiveness of Activity-based Learning Practices on Creativity of Prospective Teachers of Secondary School

Abstract

 The paper is aimed to explore the creativity in context of fluency, flexibility and originality through activity-based practices of prospective teachers of secondary school. Previously educational institutions exist to provide instructions, but nowa-day by they exist to ensure learning with expected learning outcomes. During this advance technology dominated world learners and teachers need to learn new techniques, skills and knowledge for adapting in changing environment throughout the life. Creativity is one of the important ways to energise the brain of learners. Creativity exists in everyone, and teachers are required to brush up and bring it out from the inner core. Thus, the objective of the study is to observe the effect of learning practices of 60 prospective teachers from College of Teacher Education, Bhagalpur, Bihar, on fluency, flexibility and originality with respect to traditional teaching method. It is found from the study that there is significant difference between the development of creativity through activities related to creativity and traditional method.