Does game-based teaching have an impact on students creativity?

Abstract

U čovjekovoj prirodi je da kroz igru istražuje, mijenja i kreira. Današnji način življenja odvojio je posao od igre. Odrasli djeci učenje predstavljaju kao posao koji se mora obaviti te se time ono odvaja od igranja čime to postaje nešto što se ne želi, ali mora, a igra, koja je zapravo sve što osoba želi, gubi na vrijednosti. Zato mudar i kreativan učitelj današnjice treba iskoristiti igru kao sredstvo pomoću kojeg će pridobiti dječju pozornost i stvoriti uvjete u kojima se dječja želja za igrom neće sputavati nego poticati vođenom, ciljanom i usmjerenom aktivnošću u cilju stvaranja kreativnih kompetentnih ličnosti. Ovim radom ispitalo se utječe li igra u nastavi na kreativnost djece te koliko su učenici kreativni. U istraživanju je korištena kvalitativna i kvantitativna metodologija u okviru koje su provedeni test kreativnosti, anketa i formativna evaluacija nastave održane metodom igre u nastavi. Istraživanje je provedeno u dvjema osnovnim školama na području grada Osijeka. Provedenim istraživanjem dobiveni su rezultati koji pokazuju kako se kreativnost u školi treba više poticati te da igra u nastavi osigurava povoljne uvjete za poticanje kreativnosti.Man's nature is to explore, change and create through play. Today's way of living separates work from playing. Learning is also presented to children as a job that has to be done so it becomes something that one does not want to do but must; and play, which is everything one wants to do, has relatively little value. That's why clever educators today might use “play” as a tool to get children’s' attention and to create conditions in which children’s' drive to play won’t be beaten but originated through guided, targeted and focused activity which has an aim to o create creative, competent personalities. The aim of this research was to investigate whether game-based teaching has an impact in pupils' creativity and how creative are pupils. A qualitative and quantitative methodology was used in the research, in which creativity test, survey and formative evaluation of game-based teaching classes were carried out. The study was conducted in two elementary schools in the city of Osijek. On the basis of the results, it can be concluded that creativity in school environment must be stimulated more and that game based teaching can provide favorable conditions for stimulating creativity