The problem of creativity development in the world education system

The authors consider the development of a persons creative potential to be the key factor for successfuleconomical and social development of the modern society today. The authors analyze the creativity development problem in moderneducation system. They take into consideration positions presented by the researchers from different countries (the USA, the United Kingdom,Poland, China, etc.) and demonstrate the real practical examples of creativity development in the leading world universities such asRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University, Hong Cong University, Warsaw University. The strategy of these universities is tooffer the educational programs that allow students not only to gain fundamental knowledge in the specific field but also to develop theircreative thinking, creativity and innovative potential. These programs have the same value for both students of humanities and those studyingnatural sciences. Creativity, innovativeness and competitiveness are discussed as the main qualities of the modern professional togetherwith skills in the specific field. Thus, the development of creativity and innovativeness are thought as the main trend of the modern worldeducation system. In the article authors present the contemporary approaches describing the definition of the creativity as modern psychologists,educators, managers (E. Fromm, F. Wiliams, T. Lubart, W. Swap, D. Leonard, G. Gelade, M. Csikszentmihalyi, H. Lee, H. Kim, etc.)see it. Each approach represents a specific view to creativity and innovativeness and their development in higher education. Despite thediversity of opinions that are represented in the paper there is also some generosity in the modern understanding of creativity among thescientists. It is important to notice that there is no doubt that creativity is defined as the ability to create new, unordinary ideas. The analysisof the approaches that are presented in the article allowed the authors to emphasize their attention to the factors that encourage students to becreative, such as development of reflective-creative position, influence of teachers professional positions to students creativity, and peculiaritiesof cultural influence. The analysis of creativity development in the world education system demonstrates the primary trends thatmodern education should follow. They are the governments support of creativity development programs, understanding of the cultural andsocial influence on a persons creative potential, formation of creativity development methods and their application to teaching and learningprocesses, influence of teachers and their professional positions to students creativity.

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