School Environment in Relation to the Creativity of Students in Government Secondary Schools

Teacher Education

The present research paper explored the school environment of government senior secondary school students in relation to their creativity. The school environment was assessed by the Organizational Climate Descriptive Questionnaire (OCDQ) developed by Dr. M.L. Sharma. The questionnaire included dimensions: Disengagement, Alienation, Esprit, Intimacy, Psycho-Physical Hindrance, Controls, Production Emphasis, and Humanized Thrust In the study, Baqer Mehandi’s Verbal Test of Creativity was employed to measure flexibility fluency, and originality aspects of creativity. The verbal test of creative thinking includes four sub-tests viz. Consequences test, Unusual uses test, New relationships test, and Product improvement test. It was administered to Secondary Students and data was analyzed. The findings indicated that in the dimensions of Disengagement, Alienation, Esprit, Controls Structure, and Humanized Thrust there is an insignificant relationship between school environment/climate, and the creativity of the students. Whereas, in the dimensions of Intimacy, Psycho-Physical Hinderances, and Production Emphasis, there is a significant relationship between school environment/ climate, and the creativity of the students. The results of the study need more research support from new research studies to generalize the findings.

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