The Examination of Teachers’ Behaviours on Creative Thinking Supportiveness

Öğretmenlerin Yaratıcı Düşünceyi Destekleme Davranışlarının İncelenmesi

Özet

The aim of this study is to investigate contributions of teachers' behaviors on students' creative thinking abilities. The population of the study consist of mathematics, physic, chemistry and biology teachers employed in Anatolian high school, science high school, social science high school, sports high school and fine arts high school. The sample of study is 350 teachers who were chosen by stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods. As the data collection tool, Contributions of Teachers' Behaviors on Creative Thinking Abilities questionnaire developed by Yenilmez & Yolcu (2007) was used. The questionnaire has 17 items which is 4 point Likert scale. Data was collected via online forms. The participation was based on honesty, sincerity, and volunteerism. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA was conduct via SPSS for data analysis. Due to the fact that total score of the questionnaire could be calculated, validity study was conducted. As a result of validity study, it was observed that the scale had 2 factors and 17 items. As a result of research, it has been observed that teachers contributes medium and high level on creative thinking abilities. It has been also identified that gender, experience, age, subject matter, the high school type they employed, school which was graduated, education level and attend to in-service training were not significant factors in teachers' creativity fostering behaviors. The results were discussed with the literature.

Abstract

Article History: Received 18.08.2016