Developing a creativity learning model in high school educational curriculum

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad sadegh hoseini ¹
• Nadereh Sohrabi ²
• hosein baghooli ³
• m barzegar ⁴

¹ Ph.D. Student in Educational Psychology, Department of psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Islamic Azad, Marvdasht, Iran

³ Associated Professor, Department of psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

⁴ Professor, Department of Psychology, Marvdasht University, Marvdasht, Iran

10.30495/jpmm.2021.24636.3057

Abstract

The aim of this study was Developing a creativity learning model in high school educational curriculum. There for, 384 experts (incloud masters, schoole managers, teachers & consoultants) of 20 Shiraz high-schools in 2019-2020 educational year, were randomly selected through multistage cluster sampling. The method of this study was combined from document study to qualitive and quantitive surway methods. After gathering basic data by document study, investigator conducted some interviews by 90 university masters and creativity experts, for quantitive surway phase. Collected 42 items were organized in to a questionnaire by 5 degrees in Likert scale. In qualitive surway phase, data extracted from answered questionnaires by examines, feed to SPSS-26 to do investigative factor analysis. The model fitness and effects of dimitions on principal components were analysed by AMOS-24. The results showed that, there is a six multi-dimitional creativity model (inclouds teaching method, teaching content, theacher, assessing, physical invironment and management); Hence, Iran educational planing needs some modifications by the respect to actualize creativity of High school students. So, it has some implications for improving adolesents creativity skills.

Keywords

• Teaching method
• Creativity
• Creativity learning model
• High school educational curriculum

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