창조성의 탐구력 신장을 위한 교수-학습법에 관한 고찰

A Study on Teaching-Learning for the increase of inquiry ability of creativity

The purpose of this study is to research the teaching-learning for the increase of inquiry ability that belongs to intellectual field of creativity. The inquiry ability pertains to thinking action and belongs to the faculty of high thinking. Human is a creative being, and the effort to cultivate human intellectual capabilities by inquiry ability is the core subject of pedagogy. For the teaching-learning method to increase inquiry ability of creativity, the process of the inquiry learning suggested by Suchman, Lippitt, and Thelen was reviewed. Inquiring thinking ability is the one that a learner is to collect data actively, put them together, and create the new information in teaching-learning. Creativity is a human thinking ability to be described based on reason and intellect, and it can be manifested by inquiry ability. The main elements of the conditions of teaching-learning for the increase of inquiry ability are the data availability by learner, the organization of inquiry group, the utilization of resource personnel, and the planning of inquiry schedule. Inquiring thinking ability is the one that a learner is to collect data actively, put them together, and create the new information in teaching-learning. Therefore, to increase the inquiry ability by teaching-learning is to cultivate creative ability. Inquiry ability, which is a latent ability to learner, is a human potential tendency to be increased by teaching and learning. The problem of the education possibility to increase the inquiry ability would be the touchstone for the teaching-learning effect to manifest creativity. Thus, to create and seek the conditions for learner for the purpose of increasing inquiry ability should be the salient subject of teaching-learning.