The Effects of Children’s Creativity, Creative Teaching, and Classroom Environment

Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study was to examine The Effects of children’s creativity, creative teaching, and classroom environment. Methods This study aimed to investigate the influence of teaching practices and classroom environment on child-ren's creativity. The research focused on 200 children aged 4 and 5 attending kindergartens and preschools in the Gyeonggi Province, along with 100 lead teachers and 100 classrooms. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS 23.0, employing techniques such as frequency analysis, mean calculation, factor correlation, and regression analysis. Results The results from these analyses are as follows. Firstly, statistically significant correlations were found be-tween creative teaching, children's creativity, and the classroom environment. Secondly, both creative teaching and the classroom environment exhibited statistically significant effects on children's creativity. Conclusions Based on the results of this study, the importance of teaching practices for enhancing children's cre-ativity was highlighted. Suggestions were discussed regarding the direction of teaching practices and the oper-ation of classroom environments to promote children's creativity.