S, Tripathi. (1993). The Effect of Brainstorming Technique on the Creativity and Ability to Integrate Teaching Skills of B.Ed. Students. Unpublished. Ph.D., Education. University of Lucknow.
The objectives of study were: (1) To study the effect of Brainstorming technique on the level of creativity. (2) To study the effect of Brainstorming technique on the ability to integrate teaching skills. (3) To study the association of between the creativity and the ability to integrate teaching skills. (4) To study the role of some intervening variables, namely, Institutional climate, Socio – economic status, Academic achievement and self – evaluation in the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills.
The hypotheses of study were: (1) There will be no significant effect of Brainstorming technique on the level of creativity. (2) There will not be any significant effect of Brainstorming technique on the ability to integrate teaching skills. (3) There will not be any significant association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (4) There will not be any significant effect of institutional climate on the association between creativity and ability to integrate skills. (5) There will not be any significant effect of socio – economic status on the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (6) There will not be any significant effect of academic achievement on association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (7) There will not be any significant effect of self – evaluation on the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills.
The sample comprised of 90 Pupil – Teachers from 4 Different Institutes associated with University of Lucknow.
Verbal Test of Creative Thinking by Baquer Mehdi (1973), Indore Teaching Assessment Scale by Passi, Deshmukh and Sharma (1960), and Socio – Economic Status Scale by Kuppuswami, (1962) were used for data collection. Percentage Marks of High School, Intermediate and Graduation as Academic Achievement were taken from the school record and Institutional Climate Scale developed by Researcher was used for data collection.
Study was Experimental in nature. Pretest – Posttest Single Group Design
was used. Treatment was given by Programme encompassing two sessions of
45 Minutes of each.
The data were analyzed by t – test, Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and First Order Partial Correlations.
The findings were: (1) Brainstorming has a significant effect on the level of creativity. (2) Brainstorming technique has a significant effect on the ability to integrate teaching skills. (3) There is a positive and significant association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (4) There is significant effect of institutional climate on the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (5) The socio – economic status does not affect significantly the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (6) There is no significant effect of academic achievement on the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills. (7) There is no significant effect of self - evaluation on the association between creativity and ability to integrate teaching skills.
Keyword(s): Brainstorming Technique, Creativity, Integrate, Teaching Skills , B.Ed. Students, Teacher Education, Pre-service Teacher Education and In-Service Teacher Education