Exploring the Role of Collaboration and Creative Thinking in Conformity Behaviour and Future Economic Development among Secondary-Level Learners
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66635/erpewb23Keywords:
Collaboration, Creative Thinking, Conformity Behaviour, Future Economic Development, Secondary-Level Learners, Collaborative Learning, Innovation, Independent Thinking, Economic Readiness, West Tripura DistrictAbstract
The present study aimed to find out the effect of collaboration and creative thinking on the conformity behaviour and perception of future economic development of secondary level school children of West Tripura District, Tripura, India. The change from primary to secondary education is a key stage and students' cognitive skills as well as their social orientations, interpersonal skills and behaviour patterns developed at secondary school can have an impact on post-primary education and/or employment. The purpose of this study is to examine the possibilities of cooperation in the learning situation, of creativity in thinking in order to make the decisions with constructive conditions and to reduce conformity under peer pressure and/or social pressure. Also reviews the association between these factors and learner's attitude of entrepreneurship, employability, innovation, participation in economic activities, and economic development in future. The study is of quantitative type and the target population concerned in the study is class of second standard of the West Tripura District students. Data can be gathered by a structured questionnaire rated according to collaboration, creative thinking, conformity behaviour and orients with economic future development. This can be either descriptive statistics or correlation analysis or regression analysis in order to study the correlations existing among study variables. The study will likely highlight the importance of pedagogies that are learner cantered, cooperative and creative as effective approaches in fostering independent and creative young people. The findings can give some insightful suggestions for the teacher, school and education policy makers and stakeholders to build up the creative, cooperative, independent thinking and economic preparedness among the learners of secondary schools of Tripura.
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