School climate and its relationship with creative thinking in dealing with individual cases by social workers of the directorates of education in Hebron Governorate

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the school climate and its relationship with creative thinking in dealing with individual cases by social workers of the schools of the education directorates in Hebron Governorate. It also aimed to identify the differences in the averages of creative thinking when working with individual cases due to the variables of gender, age, number of years of experience, educational qualification. The sample consisted of (151) male and female specialists and used a questionnaire. The validity of the study was tested by calculating the Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and consequently all the coefficients were statistically significant. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the averages of creative thinking in working with individual cases due to the variables of gender, age, number of years of experience, and educational qualification. The results also showed that there was a positive and statistically significant correlation between school climate and creative thinking in working with individual cases. The researcher recommends that there is need to enhance the ability of social workers to deal with emerging and unexpected problems in the school environment.