The study was conducted to develop an invention education program using an RSP model that focuses on the cooking utensils in the elementary fifth grade practical course textbook.
To this end, I selected the unit that contains cooking utensils, and developed an invention education program of 4 sessions (a total of 8 hours) based on the learning objectives and contents of the unit.
To see how much this invention education program affects the creativity of elementary school students, I used a creativity test tool measuring three areas: creative disposition, creative thinking, and task driving. The results of this study were as follows:
First, the invention education program using the RSP was developed based on cooking utensils in the practical course textbook. Second, the invention education program was shown to have had a positive impact on the creativity of elementary school students. In all three areas, the posttest scores were significantly higher than the pretest scores. These findings note that the invention of cooking utensils using RSP had a positive effect on improving creativity of elementary school students.
The program developed in this study can be used to plan an integrative class of invention education and diet education in practical course. It is also possible to supplement the shortcomings of theory-centered invention education and use the inventions that have already been released to attract more interests from students. The program could be used as a reference to the development of teaching materials for later development.