Examining primary school teachers'critical thinking disposition and creativity levels in terms of difference variable

The main purpose of this research is to examine primary school teachers' critical thinking disposition and creativity levels in terms of difference variable. Study group in this research consist of 189 primary school teachers who are give education at the eight primary schools in Kâhta district of Adıyaman city in 2015-2016 school year. The research is a survey model and descriptive study. In the research, to evaluate students' critical thinking disposition "California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory" is used and to evaluate students' levels of creativity a scale named "How Creative Are You?" is used. The reliability of the critical thinking disposition scale, applied to primary school teachers, is found as 0.86. The reliability of the creativity scale, applied to primary school teachers, is found as 0.86. In the research, t-test, ANNOVA, Scheffe, Tukey HSD, LSD and Multiple Regression analysis tests are used in the analysis of the data. According to research results, there is positive significant relationship at high level between the primary school teachers' critical thinking dispositions and creativity levels. There is no meaningful difference between primary school teachers' critical thinking dispositions based on their gender, their educational status and mothers' educational background level whereas there is meaningful difference between primary school teachers' critical thinking dispositions based on marital status, seniority, places where they grown up, reading book habit and their fathers' educational background. There is no meaningful difference between primary school teachers' creativity levels according to their gender, marital status, their educational status and mothers and fathers' educational background whereas there is a meaningful difference between primary school teachers' creativity levels based on seniority, places where they grown up, reading book habit.