SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS' VIEWS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF CREATIVITY IN SECONDARY CLASSES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Authors

  • Muhammad Kamran Faculty of Education, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun City, Post Code: 130024, Jilin Province, China
  • Sohail Ahmad Shah Institute of Education and Research (I.E.R) Gomal University, D. I. Khan, Pakistan
  • Congman Rao Faculty of Education, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun City, Post Code: 130024, Jilin Province, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.1027

Keywords:

creativity, secondary science teachers, reasons

Abstract

The main aim of the present study was to find out the views of Pakistani secondary science teachers about the necessity of creativity at the secondary level. The study was qualitative in nature and conducted among 14-secondary science teachers in Pakistan. 14 detailed interviews were administered for the data collection after that the data were analyzed through coding and the thematic process of Miles and Huberman (1994). In last, the findings of the study were concluded which showed that due to intrinsic and extrinsic reasons the teachers considered creativity very necessary at the secondary level.

 

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2017-09-11

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Vol 3, No 8 (2017)

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