Abstract—This paper addresses creativity as an educational
approach, reviews the related theories and patterns of creative
learning, and deals with teaching creativity to teachers
generally, and Iranian teachers specifically. This idea has been
proposed and studied by the researcher. The main focus of this
program is the pattern of creativity development, in which five
basic aspects of teacher performance have been dealt with:
contextual-social, affective-cognitive, mental, educational, and
physical aspects.
A part of this study deals with the effect of the program and
the pattern of creativity development on teachers’ skills. Data
analysis by T-test for this quasi-experimental research
indicated the positive effect of the program and led to the
confirmation of the research hypothesis. Feedback from the
teachers regarding their change of performance in the
classroom, in spite of the passing of several years, indicates that
they made positive use the pattern. All the teachers
participating in the course stated that attending the course
helped them to move away from teacher-centered toward
learner-centered classes, which has made their students very
enthusiastic.
Index Terms—Creativity, education, teachers’ skills,
experimental research.
Afzal Sadat Hosseini is with University of Tehran, Iran (e-mail:
afhoseini@ut.ac.ir).
Cite: Afzal Sadat Hosseini, "The Effect of Creativity Model for Creativity Development in Teachers," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 138-142, 2014.