Creativity And Sense Of Humor Of Elementary School Principals

The purpose of this study was to determine primary school
teachers’ perceptions of the extent of creativity behaviours and
sense of humor applications of the primary school principals;
to find out whether teachers’ perceptions of primary schools’
principals’ creativity behaviour and sense of humor vary
according to certain variables and whether there was a
significant relationship between the primary school teachers’
perceptions of creativity behaviours and their perceptions of
humor styles of the primary school principles. The population
of the study consisted of teachers employed in primary schools
located in İzmir Province in the 2011-2012 academic year. The
sample included 390 teachers chosen from different socioeconomic
level of districts. Two different questionnaires
named “How Creative Are You?” and “Humor Styles
Questionnaire” were used to gather data. The results of the
study revealed that that there was a significant positive
correlation between the teachers’ perceptions of creativity
behaviours and their perceptions of sense of humor of the
primary school principals. As a proposition, some ice-breaking
activities should be held at schools in order to boost principals’
creativity and sense of humor.