The Degree to which School Principals in the Directorate of Education in the Kasbah of Amman, Jordan, Practice Administrative Creativity from their Point of View

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the degree to which school principals in the Directorate of Education of the Kasbah of Amman in Jordan, practice administrative creativity from their point of view. The study used the descriptive survey approach, and the tool was a questionnaire, and it was distributed to an intended stratified sample of (151) male and female school principals in the Directorate of Education of the Kasbah of Amman in Jordan for the academic year 2020/2021.

The results of the study showed that the degree of school principals' practice of administrative creativity in the Kasbah of Amman, Jordan, from their point of view, got an average (3.53 out of 5) which means it got a grade of (medium). At the level of the domains, the sensitivity to problem solving domain got the highest average (3.67), then flexibility in thinking with an average of (3.51). Third; The domain of intellectual fluency with an average of (3.48) and finally the domain of originality with an average of (3.47). All of them are (medium). The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between the sample views due to the sex variable, in favor of females, and the experience variable in All fields, in favor of the category of experience of more than 20 years. Also, there are no significant differences attributable to scientific qualification. In light of the results of the study, the researcher presented a set of recommendations to the Ministry of Education to select principals from among the conscious leaders who bear the pressures of work and believe in the importance of creative male and female principals in schools and who have flexibility in thinking and openness to new experiences, and this is done through holding courses, tests and spreading awareness to increase the degree to which school principals practice creativity and innovation in their schools.