EFFECT OF SCHOOL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS ON CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN

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.