Studying and investigating the factors affecting the creativity of high school students

Creativity and the factors affecting it are among the most important issues that researchers, planners and all those involved in education need to pay special attention to. The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors affecting the creativity of high school students using qualitative and coding methods. This research is of an applied type and the method of collecting information in this research is library-based, and semi-structured interviews are also used in this research. The results of this research have been presented by interviewing and asking for opinions of 47 secondary school students in Takab city, and the validity and reliability of the interviews have been confirmed by the opinion of experts. According to the results of this research, six factors 1- mental factors (including: peace of mind, anxiety control, expansion of thought), 2- individual factors (including: physical health, religious beliefs, having a goal and hope, self-management), 3- family factors (including: family education, family situation, home environment, number of family members), 4- school factors (including: school environment, relationships between teaching staff and students), 5- teaching factors (including: teacher's attitude, teacher's familiarity with new teaching methods, diverse assignments, diversity in evaluation) and 6- educational content factors (including: scientific activities, artistic activities, religious activities, sports activities) affect students' creativity.