The relationship between emotional intelligence of teachers and high school students creative thinking
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planningشهرام رنجدوست 1 , پروانه عیوضی 2
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Keywords: Emotional intelligence, management of excitement, expression of excitement, creative thinking,
Abstract :
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between teachers' emotional intelligence and the students' creative thinking in the first grade female high-school students in Tabriz in 2011-2012. The method of this study was survey correlation. The research tool was a standardized emotional intelligence of Shoot and Peter Hani's creative thinking questionnaire. The participants were 2626 students and 360 teachers in first grade female high school in district one of Tabriz. Among theses, 360 of them have been chosen through Cochran formula and stratified random method in order to fill out the questionnaires. The reliability of the emotional intelligence questionnaire was calculated 0.80 and the reliability of the creative thinking questionnaire was 0.85 through Cronbach's Alpha technique. The questionnaire validity was estimated by face and content validity. The results of the present study revealed that based on Pearson correlation there is a significant, strong and direct relationship between teachers' emotional intelligence and its components and the students' creative thinking. Also, according to multiple regression of step by step method, on the whole first regulation and management component of excitement and then assessment and expression of excitement stayed in the regression form and generally 81% of students' creative thinking can be anticipated.
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