School as an institution that has the most valuable time of human life is very effective in the emergence of creative behaviors. Therefore, creating a suitable environment and a good environment for the growth and creativity of learners is felt as a necessary need more
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School as an institution that has the most valuable time of human life is very effective in the emergence of creative behaviors. Therefore, creating a suitable environment and a good environment for the growth and creativity of learners is felt as a necessary need more than before in our country, especially in the elementary school. The aim of this study was to design a creative school model for the elementary school and to validate it from the perspective of specialists. The research method was a combination of sequential exploratory (qualitative-quantitative).The research method in this qualitative phase was comparative-documentary and in the quantitative phase was descriptive-survey research using Delphi technique. Sampling method was purposeful in both phases. Therefore, in the first phase of the research, 283 written documents (documents, articles and books) related to the subject were analyzed based on inductive content analysis using ATLAS.ti software and the approach of NCT. In the second phase, a questionnaire containing 12 questions which was designed by the researcher was distributed among experts in the curriculum and creativity field. Data were analyzed using Excel 2010 and SPSS 19. The results of the study showed that the creative school has six dimensions and three components. The dimension of creative curriculum contained nine components, the dimension of creative students contained three components; the dimension of creative family had five components; the dimension of creative teacher contained five components; the dimension of creative principal contained four components; the dimension of creative culture contained four components. Moreover, the results of model validation based on the opinion of curriculum experts and the creativity was desirable.
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