Teachers' metaphors about "creative thinking"

Abstract

The aim of this study is the 21st century, which has an important place in the cognitive, emotional, academic and social development of students. The aim is to reveal the metaphors produced by teachers, who are in the position of gaining creative thinking, one of the learning and innovation skills, about creative thinking. The research was carried out with 10 teachers working in different types and levels of public schools in the Efeler district of Aydın province in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the study, in which the phenomenological approach, one of the qualitative research designs, was used, the participants were asked a question in the semi-structured "creative thinking metaphor interview form" prepared by the researchers and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. The metaphors produced by the teachers in the study group about creative thinking were grouped into four categories: "generating original ideas", "problem solving", "rethinking" and "creating an original product".