Evaluation of the Role of Creative Educational Climate in Reflective Thinking Tendencies in Students of Qaen Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

Background & Objective: The main goal of research in the field of creative educational climate is to achieve results applied to persuade students to think freely, creatively, and critically. This study aimed to determine the role of a creative educational climate in reflective thinking tendencies in students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was performed on all students studying in the school of nursing and midwifery of Qaen in the academic year of 2015-2016 (N=300). The sample size was estimated at 169 using the Krejcie and Morgan’s table and the participants were selected applying the stratified random sampling. Data were collected using Kember’s reflective thinking questionnaire (2000) and Ekvall’s creative climate scale (2013). Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 22 using independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, analysis of variance, and regression. Results: In this study, the total mean and standard deviation of creative educational climate and reflective thinking tendencies was reported to be 176.52±29.67 and 61.32±8.10, respectively. According to the results, there was a significant relationship between the components of creative educational climate and reflective thinking tendencies (P