The nurture of creative thinking abilities in farmers’ children

Abstract

The nature, measurement, and development of creative thinking abilities in children have been studied and fostered among educators in all fields. These recurrent legitimate concerns which include educational goals such as the production of fully functioning, mentally healthy, well educated, and vocational successful individuals. Such educational goals, however, are strongly indicated by recent findings that they are undeniable related to creativity. It is possible that farmers’ children could be taught in such a creative way, thus their creative thinking abilities could be gained though traditional educational training in schools. These abilities, however, are different from those measured by traditional intelligence and scholastic aptitude tests. Leaders in education must make use of research work in creativity for a truly revolutionary change in the field of education, especially for the sake of farmers’ children.