The opinions of preschool teacher candidates about creative thinking

The purpose of the research is to define the opinions of the second class preschool teacher candidates about the effects of creative thinking on both their professional and private lives. In the name of this purpose the ideas are taken from the teacher candidates who take creativity and its development course. In the research thirty preschool teacher candidates take part in. To get the students' ideas, in the research a form is applied consisting of open-ended questions. The frequencies of the teacher candidates' opinions are taken by coding with the content analysis. Looking into the results of the research it is stated that teacher candidates declare that creative thinking contribute to their lives. The opinions about flexible thinking, enriching in both life and relationships, coping with the difficulties, getting into efficient communication, their students' creative thinking contributing and self confidence have the highest frequency. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.