Creativity is the very life blood of human civilization. It is the potentiality which influences human activity in almost all spheres of life. Most of the changes and advancements in the society are the products of creativity. The future of the mankind mainly depends upon the creative abilities of its people. Considering the importance of creativity, this study has been taken up to study the creativity of junior college students. The results indicate that girls are better in creativity than boys, rural students are poor in their creativity than their counter parts, high creative students and characterized by high intelligence, science students are with high creativity than arts students are with high creativity than arts students, and high creatives are from high socio-economic status families. This study will help the educationists, planers, administrators, teachers and parents in promoting creativity in students.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Digumarti Bhaskara Rao
(9-6-1957), M.Sc., M.A., M.A., M.Ed., PhD., a university rank holder, has had his higher education from Andhra, Bhopal, Nagarjuna and Osmania universities. He is author and editor of about 200 books that include 5 Encyclopaedias and has published more than 300 papers and articles on science and edcucation in India and abroad. He has co-chaired a symposium in an International Conference on Psychology held at Martin Luther University, Halle- Wittenberg, Germany; acted as a group leader in International Seminar on Educational leadership and Social Change Held at Tallinn Pedagogical University, Talling,Estonia; and studied the educational Programmes in Bhutan. He is selected by the Unified Teaching Service, Government of Botswana to teach in Botswana and by the Austrian study Centre for peace and conflict Resolution, Austria for the International Peace-Keepers and Peace-Builders Training Programme with the sponsorship of Government of Austria. He is honoured with Seva Ratna Award, Vidya Seva Vibhushan Award, Bharat Gaurav Award, Jewel of India Award and Best Citizen of India Award for his meritorious and commendable contributions to the field of education. The Government of Andhra pradesh appointed him as Associate Member, Distric Co-ordination Committee on Vocational Guidance and Educational Counselling. He is appointed as a Member, Board of Management, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, under eminent Person in education category by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He is with R.V.R. College of Education, Guntur, A.P., India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Muga Sivarathnam Reddy
Dr. Muga Sivarathnam Reddy (1-7-1956), M. Sc., M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., has had all his higher education from Sri Venkateswara University. He is having vast experience in teaching UG and PG courses in education. He is paper setter and examiner of several universities. He is guiding many research studies. He is a course writer of School Administration and Methods of Teaching Telugu. He has published a good number of research papers. He is member in the UGC Development Committee for Directorate of Distance Education of S.V. University. He has acted as a resource person in several programmes.
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