The purpose of this study was to introduce Treffinger’s creative problem solving model and to investigate the application of this model to the practical arts education for development of children’s problem solving skills and creativity. The creati...
The purpose of this study was to introduce Treffinger’s creative problem solving model and to investigate the application of this model to the practical arts education for development of children’s problem solving skills and creativity. The creative problem solving model which was firstly introduced by Osborn is a thinking process model to solve ill-structured problems that the purpose of develop problem solving skills and creativity. Treffinger’s creative problem solving model was developed from the model of Osborn and Parnes. The Process of this model is fact-finding, data-finding, problem-finding, idea-finding, solution-finding and acceptance-finding. The focus of this model is duplication of divergent thinking and convergent thinking at the each steps of the whole process. In this study, researcher presents a instruction plan based on the Treffinger’s creative problem solving model that applicate to needlework of practical arts education subject, and problem-solving skills and creativity of elementary school children could developed by this model.