The School Climate and its Relationship to the Ability of Creative Thinking among High School Students, Sana'a, Yemen

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the school climate and its relationship to the ability of creative thinking among high school students in Sana’a. The cluster sampling method was used to select a sample of 600 male and female students from high school students in Sana’a. Two research tools were used: a school climate scale to investigate the level of school climate and the verbal form (A) of Torrance Test to explore the level of ability of creative thinking. This study was conducted during the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017. The results showed that level of high school climate was medium, and the level of ability of creative thinking was low. Also, the results showed that there was a positive correlation between the level of school climate and the level of the ability of creative thinking. Moreover, there was a statistically significant difference in the school climate level based on gender and type of school in favor of female and private school students. Other results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the school climate level according to major, and creative thinking ability according to gender and major. The study recommended that teachers should prepare school climate by motivating students using sensory and cognitive motives and encourage them for more inquiry, discovery and thinking beyond the norms.

Keywords: school climate, creative thinking ability, high school students.