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The survey thinking style and its relation with creativity in physical education teachers

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey the relationship between thinking styles with
creativity in physical education teachers.
Design/methodology/approach – The research method is descriptive – applied and based on
related purpose it was applicative. The study’s statistical community includes all physical education
teachers in the middle period in Iran and their numbers at the time of the study were 600 individuals.
The statistical sample using a Morgan table was selected to be 235 individuals. To measure research
variables two questionnaires (Sternberg thinking style and creativity, Torrance, 1972) were used.
To calculate the validity of the questionnaire questions, Cronbach’s a test was used, and the obtained
a for the thinking style questionnaire and creativity were equal to 0.86 and 0.89, respectively.
Descriptive and inferential statistics were also used in this study, which in statistical inference section
(Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient, Friedman
ranking test and t-test) were used.
Findings – The results showed that there is no significant relationship between individual
characteristics (gender, education and work experience) and styles of thinking, but there is significant
relationship between creativity and thinking style. Besides, there is a meaningful difference between
creativity with thinking style. In the ranking between thinking style factors, significant differences
were observed and at the end some proposals were stated.
Originality/value – The theoretical framework provides a new direction for conceptualizing
research, development and practice, designed to promote thinking, creativity in education and other
sectors in a new era of globalization and great transformation.

Keywords Innovation, Creativity, Individual characteristics, Physical education teachers,Thinking style

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International Journal of Educational Management

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: Emeral Group., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 28 No. 4, 2014 pp. 400-412

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English

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PENDIDIKAN

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Asmawati/Syahrial

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