Development of a Caricature-Based English Proverb Training Program and its Effectiveness on the creativity

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Afsaneh khodayari Moghadam ¹ , Parisa Tajalli ² , Mozghan Sepahmansour ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Educational Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science , Islamic Azad University(IAU) , Tehran , Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor , Department of Exceptional Child Psychology, Central Tehran Branch , Islamic Azad University(IAU) , Tehran , Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of General Psychology Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University(IAU), Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-06-19 Accepted : 2022-02-20 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: "Creativity", "English proverb", " caricature",

Abstract :

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to design English proverbs training program based on caricature and determine its effectiveness on creativity. Method: The research method was Exploratory mix(qualitative-quantitative). The statistical population in the qualitative section included English language teaching specialists and psychologists located in the third district of Tehran in 2018, 10 of whom were selected as a sample by snowball method, and in the quantitative section included all English language learners in Amir English Language Teaching Institute located in the third district of Tehran in 2018 that 30 of them were selected by available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two groups of 15 people, Experiment and Control. Experiment group were trained in English proverbs using cartoons and slides for 10 session, while for control group it was done without cartoons and slides. The research instruments included researcher-made questionnaires to assess the validity of the educational package and Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (1972). Results: The validity of the training package was confirmed by calculating the CVR and CVI indices. Mixed two-factor analysis of variance also showed that the program of teaching English proverbs with caricatures had an effect on creativity and this effect was stable over time(p<0.05). Conclusion: Caricature -based English proverbs training program has an effect on the creativity of English learners. Keywords: English proverbs training program, caricature and creativity.

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