Identifying the most important components of designing an interactive environment to improve children's creativity

The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the most important components of designing an interactive environment to promote children's creativity.

In this research, which is descriptive-surveillance in terms of applied type, three characteristics of the child's space, including "curiosity", "play" and "imagination" and three important characteristics of the interactive space, including "flexibility", Complexity and diversity", "Motivability", with 23 components through a researcher-made questionnaire prepared based on the five-point Likert spectrum, was surveyed in 1401. The statistical population of the research is the teachers of 35 selected kindergartens in Niavaran, Tehran, with the number of 426 teachers, and according to the Cochran formula, the statistical sample is equal to 202 people. After collecting the information obtained from the distribution of the questionnaires and entering them into the SPSS software, the data analysis has been done using the sample t-test.

According to the opinion of experts, 71 items had appropriate validity, based on which the main questionnaire of the research was compiled and examined in the hands of the sample. Finally, according to the opinion of the elites, the indicators of interactive environment design effective on children's creativity were identified, and based on the opinions of experts, the three components of relaxation, vitality and happiness, and atmosphere were ranked one to three, and these components were analyzed.

The results of the research showed that in the relaxation variable, the most important thing is compliance with acoustic principles, lighting, scale, smooth surfaces, walls with different textures and warm colors. Also, in the variable of vitality and happiness, all items have the same importance. Also, the results show that in the space variable, the most important items are the personalization of spaces with crafts and the use of fun and exciting lighting.