The Role of Creative Educational Atmosphere on Critical Thinking among Students of Qaen Nursing and Midwifery Faculty

This study aimed to investigate the role of creative educational climate on critical thinking tendency among students of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty in Qaen city. The study was descriptive and correlational research   with population of all 300 students studying in the academic year 2015 to 2016 Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of qaen;  based on simple random sampling using Morgan table,169 persons was selected as the total sample size ; in addition, data collection tools included critical thinking scale (Rytks 2003) and creative atmosphere scale (ekval 2013). For statistical analysis, Independent t-test, analysis of variance, regression coefficient and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. Afterwards, the data analysis showed that there was a significant positive relationship between educational atmosphere components of creative with critical thinking. As well as creative educational atmosphere components  were able to predict students' critical thinking. Moreover, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between male and female students with regard to critical thinking. Considering the important role of teachers and Professors the development of critical thinking in students, therefore, training teachers and professors to teach creative teaching approaches is essential,  Hence, educational  managers should consider vitality of creative atmosphere in educational environments.