International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences
Int. j. adv. appl. sci.
EISSN: 2313-3724
Print ISSN: 2313-626X
Volume 3, Issue 11 (November 2016), Pages: 66-72
Title: Creativity characteristics in teaching students with learning disabilities among pre-service teacher in UPSI
Author(s): Norfishah Mat Rabi *, Mohd Nasir Bin Masran
Affiliation(s):
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.11.012
Abstract:
Due to developmental delay in cognitive, affective, psychomotor, language, and other aspect of difficulties, students with learning disabilities having a lot of problems in learning process. So, teaching student with learning disabilities is quite challenging for pre-service teachers. Thus, to understand better how creative are they when teaching students with learning disabilities, this study is carried out to identify to what extend pre-service teachers have the creativity characteristics based on Torrance creativity elements that include fluency, originality, flexibility and elaboration in teaching. A total of 24 respondents were selected purposively based on the pre-service teacher's placement in selected schools. A qualitative case-study was conducted and data was collected using recorded observation, interview and document analysis. The findings indicate that respondents with creativity characteristics are higher in the aspects of (1) fluency, (2) elaboration, (3) originality and (4) flexibility. For the frequency of creativity characteristics, it was found that respondents have the highest frequency characteristics in (1) fluency, followed by (2) originality, (3) flexibility and (4) elaboration. The implication of the study conducted is important for the nation development because creativity is among the human capital aspect that is important since the future economy depends on citizens with creative and innovative minds.
© 2016 The Authors. Published by IASE.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Characteristic, Creativity, Learning disabilities, Pre-service teacher
Article History: Received 7 September 2016, Received in revised form 28 October 2016, Accepted 9 November 2016
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.11.012
Citation:
Rabi NM and Masran MNB (2016). Creativity characteristics in teaching students with learning disabilities among pre-service teacher in UPSI. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(11): 66-72
http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V3I11/Rabi.html
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