Tahere Bakhshi - Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
Sima Sayadian - Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Teachers didactically cannot be thought to be creative; there is no predefined rule for teachers and educational leader for them to be creative. Some strategies might help to promote creativity in teachers. Teacher autonomy could play a major role in teachers’ being creative. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ autonomy and teachers’ creativity. A total of 30 teachers were selected from randomly selected educational institutes in the city of Yazd in Iran. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between teachers’ autonomy and their creativity. There was also a correlation between teachers’ autonomy and their creativity. Most of the Teachers believed that by being more autonomous they could decide more creatively and appropriately in their classes.

teachers, autonomy, creative, strategies, autonomous