Pedagogical Approaches to Inculcate Scientific Creativity among Secondary Students

Abstract

This research was conducted to explore the teaching and learning approaches that facilitate the development of students’ scientific creativity traits. This in-depth research was conducted due to the dissatisfaction in creativity levels among the school students. This research adopted a qualitative approach with a case study design. It involved 4 science teachers in a secondary school as informants. The data was collected by interview method. Data showed teaching and learning approaches that facilitate the development of students’ scientific creativity comprised of; teaching thinking skills, technology-aid teaching and learning approach, experiment and practical based learning, inquiry-discovery based learning, cooperative based learning, and project-based learning. The findings also showed that the process of scientific creativity inculcation in schools is influenced by three factors namely teachers, students, and education setting. These factors can be categorized as facilitating and challenging factors. The teachers believed that the teaching and learning approaches will enhance students’ scientific creativity through science learning. However, the implementation of the approaches must be followed by the effective roles of teachers and students. At the same time, the influenced factors need to be considered to inculcate scientific creativity in teaching and learning. These factors will facilitate the effective inculcation of scientific creativity.