The examination of the relationship between creative thinking tendencies and organizational creativities of preschool teachers

Abstract

Environmental and hereditary factors have an effect on the improvement of creativity, which is among 21st century skills. Family, school, teacher and classmates influence individuals’ creativity. Studies show that organizational climate, organization and leadership attitudes are influential on teacher creativity. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between creative thinking tendencies and organizational creativities of preschool teachers. The research was conducted in correlational survey model. 173 preschool teachers participated in the research. The data was obtained from Personal Information Form, Marmara Creative Thinking Tendencies and Organizational Creativity scales by means of Google Form. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA analysis, Kruskal Wallis Test and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data. While there was a significant difference according to institution type between organizational creativity scores of preschool teachers in individual and administrative dimensions, there was no significant difference in creative thinking tendencies. Besides, there was a significant difference between the organizational creativity scores in the administrative dimension. Considering the relationship between teacher creative thinking tendency and organizational creativity in individual and administrative dimensions, teacher competencies should be revised and teachers should be able to develop their creativity before graduation.