Teachers’ promotion of creativity in basic schools

Abstract

The study was conducted to find out the role of tea chers in fostering creat ivity among basic school student s in Ghana . The sample was drawn on 172 teachers , with different teaching qualifications and experience between the ages of 20 and 60 years . The findings show that teachers at the basic level of educa t ion promote creativity among students through motivation, divergent thinking, and the promotion of a conducive learning environment. Again, it was found out that teachers view the promotion of creativity as a joint responsibility of parents and teachers. Finally, although teachers agree that creativity is fostered through motivation, there was no statistically significant difference between teachers who view creativity to be intrinsically motivated and those who view it to be extrinsically motivated. The i mplications of the findings are examined.