THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION THROUGH THE CREATIVE PERSONALITY OF THE TEACHER
The article focuses on the relationships of communication and educational processes, creativity aspects in the context of higher education. A creative personality of the teacher determines how smooth and efficient these relationships are. The results of the quantitative research (sample – 124 teachers) conducted at Lithuanian higher education institutions and coprehensively presented in the article reveal the attitude of Lithuanian higher education teachers towards the significance of communication in the educational process. Though higher education teachers have to possess various competences such as personal, communication, social, lifelong learning, methodological, planning, organisational, leadership and assessment ones, the respondents distinguished several most significant to them. The research revealed that teachers see personal and communication competences as the most important ones, which also reveal and substantiate close relationships of communication and educational processes. The relationship is enhanced by a creative personality of the teacher, his or her positive personal qualities and values. Higher education teachers not only perceive the significance of communication and educational competences in the educational process but also express a need for their continuous improvement.