Creativity and tolerance: A research on preschool teacher candidates

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the levels of creativity and tolerance of preschool teacher candidates. A relational survey model was used for quantitative research methods. The study group consisted of 215 preschool teacher candidates in the 1st and 4th classes of the preschool education departments of two state and one foundation university in Istanbul province during the 2018–2019 academic year. The study determined that preschool teacher candidates had high levels of both creativity and tolerance, and that there was a positive and significant relationship between creativity levels and tolerance levels (p = .000, r = .77). While the levels of creativity and tolerance of teacher candidates did not show a significant difference according to gender and grade-level variables (p > .05), creativity and tolerance levels showed a significant difference (p < .05) in favor of teacher candidates who had taken a creativity course.

Keywords

• Okul Öncesi Öğretmen Adayları
• Yaratıcılık
• Hoşgörü