Published Paper Details:

Creativity is one of the most valued abilities in all societies, playing a crucial role in fostering critical and divergent thinking among learners. The Synectics model of teaching is an innovative instructional approach that has significant potential for enhancing students' creativity. It engages learners in various metaphorical activities, which serve as powerful tools to stimulate imaginative thinking and problem-solving. Synectics provides students with opportunities to think beyond conventional boundaries and express their ideas more creatively. Developed by Gordon and his associates, this sophisticated technique has been effectively employed to generate solutions to complex and challenging problems. The present study aimed to examine the efficacy of the Synectics teaching model in fostering descriptive style in the English language among secondary school students. An experimental design was employed, comprising an experimental group and a control group. The findings revealed that the performance of students in the experimental group on the test of descriptive style was significantly higher than that of the control group. These results highlight the efficacy of the Synectics teaching model as a powerful instructional strategy for promoting creativity and improving descriptive writing skills in English among secondary school students.