Associate Professor, Center for University Education, Tokushima University *Profile is at the time of the award.
2022Inamori Research GrantsHumanities & Sociology
Thank you very much for selecting this research project for funding. In the future, it will be important to "foster creativity in school education" in our society. In this study, we would like to conduct empirical research to realize this goal and present a model for fostering creativity that can be embedded in school education.
This study aims to develop a methodology for fostering creativity in school education. As a model that can be embedded in school settings, we have developed the ‘modified problem-posing’, based on ‘problem-posing’ in which students create their problems. The modified problem-posing is a variant of problem-posing in which students transform and improve a given problem with a rationale and is expected to promote an understanding of the structure of the target problem. It is also expected to enhance the creativity (small-c) of students to create new problems for themselves with evidence. An experiment examined the relationship between problem transformation and an external measure. The creativity test and creativity scores were significantly higher for subjects who discovered hidden parameters and combined and transformed the parameters than those who did not. This provided primary findings for fostering creativity in creating problems that are new to oneself. Currently, a prototype of a problem-transforming question-forming learning support system based on the above findings is being developed and studied.
Humanities & Sociology
