Creative Thinking and its Relationship to Satisfaction with Scientific Specialization among Students، Kindergarten Department

Abstract

The aim of the research was to identify the level of creative thinking among female students in the Kindergarten Department، and to identify creative thinking according to the academic stages، as well as to identify satisfaction with the specialization، as well as to identify satisfaction with the specialization according to the academic stages، as well as to know the relationship between creative thinking and satisfaction with the specialization. The research community consists of (108) female students in the Kindergarten Department at the Faculty of Education، Shahrazur، University of Halabja. The research sample amounted to (80) female students، for the academic year (2024-2025) ، who were selected randomly. To achieve the research objectives، the creative thinking scale consisting of (26) paragraphs was used، and the specialization satisfaction scale consisting of (26) paragraphs، after verifying their validity and reliability، and after processing the data using statistical methods (Pearson-Spearman-Brown correlation coefficient - Cronbach's alpha - T-test for a single sample - One way Anova statistical equation for differences and LSD equation)، and the results indicate that the level of creative thinking among the research sample members is high، and they have a high level of satisfaction with the specialization، and There are significant differences in the level of creative thinking among the members of the research sample according to the variable of the academic stage. There are statistically significant differences in the level of satisfaction with the academic specialization among the members of the research sample according to the variable of the academic stages. The results also indicated the existence of a relationship between creative thinking and satisfaction with the specialization. The researchers reached a number of recommendations and proposals.