TY - JOUR JF - gums-rme JO - RME VL - 11 IS - 1 PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/3/01 TI - Study of the Relationship between Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Creative Teaching in Mashhad Nursing and Midwifery Faculty TT - بررسی رابطه باورهای خودکارآمدی و تدریس خلاقانه استادان در دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی مشهد N2 - Introduction: Using of creative methods in teaching requires teacher’s recognition of his/her own abilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and creative teaching methods in Mashhad Nursing and Midwifery Faculty. Methods: This is a descriptive study of correlation type. The statistical population included 55 faculty members of Mashhad Nursing and Midwifery Faculty. Sampling was done by census method. The tools used included a standardized self-efficacy beliefs questionnaire and creative teaching questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient) through SPSS. Results: Findings showed that the mean and standard deviation of the teachers' viewpoints toward creative teaching and self-efficacy beliefs was 81.942±8.820 and 77.792±9.961 respectively. Also, there was significant relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and creative teaching skills of faculty members. (N=41 r=0.411, p=0.008). In this regards, there was a significant relationship between the years of teaching and self-efficacy (r=0.37), academic level and gender (r=0.41), and academic years and academic rank (r=0.46) too. Conclusion: According to the research findings, it seems that teachers’ beliefs about his/her own abilities lead to positive attitude towards using of creative methods in teaching. A professor who believes his/her own abilities, use more creative and effective teaching methods. SP - 10 EP - 19 AU - Mohebi Amin, A AU - Rabiei, M AD - Department of educational sciences, faculty of literature and human sciences ,hakim sabzevari university, sabzevar, Iran KW - Self-Efficacy KW - Teaching KW - Creativity KW - Faculty Member UR - http://rme.gums.ac.ir/article-1-718-en.html DO - 10.29252/rme.11.1.10 ER -