Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph.D. student of curriculum studies at Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran
2 Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies at Allameh Tabataba'i University
3 Master of Curriculum Studies, Shahid Rajaee University of Tehran
Abstract
Childhood is the most sensitive stage in the development of creativity and today's children are the first generation to grow up in cyberspace. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cyberspace training on the creativity of pre-school children. This semi-experimental research was carried out in the pre-school population of Kohdasht in the academic year 1397. The research sample was 50 people selected on the basis of available sampling and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The Torens Creativity Inventory (Form B) was a tool of research. The research design included pretest, cyber training, and posttest. Data were analyzed using SPSS software that was to investigate the research hypothesis and analysis of data, covariance analysis with repeated measurements was used. The results of the data analysis showed that the creativity of the children before the primary school of the experimental group increased significantly (F=7673/606) compared with the control group with a confidence coefficient (95%). Cyberspace plays an important role in the creativity of pre-primary school children, so education in the appropriate cyberspace will result in the development of children's creativity.
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