Primary School EFL Teachers' Attitudes towards Creativity and Their Perceptions of Practice

Autor/inn/en	Al-Nouh, Nowreyah A.; Abdul-Kareem, Muneera M.; Taqi, Hanan A.
Titel	Primary School EFL Teachers' Attitudes towards Creativity and Their Perceptions of Practice
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 9, S.74-90 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teacher Attitudes; Creativity; Educational Practices; Females; Teacher Surveys; Likert Scales; Demography; Focus Groups; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Majors (Students); Educational Attainment; Geographic Location; Teaching Experience; Inservice Teacher Education; Citizenship; Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Interviews; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Kreativität; Bildungspraxis; Weibliches Geschlecht; Likert-Skala; Demografie; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lehrerfortbildung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Messdaten; Reliabilität; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Teachers perform an important job by encouraging creativity in their lessons and among their pupils. Thus, the present study aims to examine primary school EFL teachers' attitudes towards creative thinking and their perceptions of what goes on in the classroom. Participants were 434 female primary school EFL teachers, chosen randomly, teaching all grade levels from six educational zones in Kuwait, namely Al-Asema, Hawalli. Al-Farwaniyah, Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Al-Ahmadi and Al-Jahra for the year 2014-2015. The study used a descriptive survey research design using Likert's five-point scale distributed into three categories: demographic information, teachers' attitudes towards creative thinking and teachers' perceptions of their practice. To triangulate the data, a focus group interview was employed along with an analysis of samples of exam papers. Independent variables measured were age, nationality, degree, major, educational zone, teaching experience and in-service training. Results showed teachers' attitudes and perceptions were high. Significant differences were shown for age, major, educational zone, teaching experience and in-service training. Implications as well as recommendations for future research were discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01