Qualitative meta-analysis of environmental characteristics affecting children's creativity in schools and academies

Today,, creativity has become one of the hot topics in the field of children's development and has gained special importance in psychological studies and environmental design. Research emphasizes the impact of the child's environment on the development of his creativity. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between creativity and educational environment for children aged 2 to 10 years and identify and explain the environmental components affecting creativity, using an approach based on recognizing the physical and mental dimensions of the child and his needs as a user of the architectural environment. is. The present qualitative research, using exploratory method and qualitative content analysis, has identified the basic variables in the researches on the relationship between environment and children's creativity and has tried to investigate and summarize the relationships between them with logical reasoning. Since the results of this study are based on an analytical approach based on the theories of researchers and the results of previous research, it can be considered a qualitative meta-analysis. The results of this study show that the environment with characteristics such as sociability, sense of space, flexibility, diversity and complexity, security, stimulation, readability and communication with nature is effective in increasing children's creativity. Also, if the educational environment is designed in a way that the principles of environmental psychology related to the physical and mental condition of the child are observed, a suitable platform will be created for the flourishing and strengthening of the child's creativity.