DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THINKING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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The article deals with the development of children's creative thinking in elementary school. The role of the teacher in the formation of the creative abilities of primary school students is described. The methods of interaction between the teacher and students for the development of creative potential are revealed. KEYWORDS: Creative thinking, creativity, creativity. INTRODUCTION A very important period in the development and formation of personality is the initial Currently, one of the paramount importance is period of learning. It is this age that lends itself the problem of developing the creative most to the upbringing and development of abilities of the individual. Determining the the creative abilities of the child. Imagination, direction of their work, many teachers seek to fantasy, creative thinking develop, curiosity is choose the most effective activities. One of brought up, the ability to observe and analyze these types is work on the development of phenomena, make comparisons, generalize children's creative abilities, which can facts, draw conclusions, practically evaluate manifest themselves in thinking, activities is formed. Children begin to show communication, and characterize the activity, initiative, they develop and personality as a whole. “DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THINKING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS” P age 106 | 5 differentiate interests, inclinations, and the • the ability to take risks (children do not yet needs that underlie creativity are formed. feel embarrassed when expressing any ideas, even if they are ridiculous); Creative abilities are understood as the • speed of thinking; individual psychological characteristics of the • divergent thinking; child, which do not depend on mental abilities • rich imagination. and are manifested in children's fantasy, • The development of creative abilities in imagination, a special vision of the world, their primary school age proceeds most point of view on the surrounding reality. effectively under certain conditions. Taking into account the fact that it is possible • Conditions for the effective development to develop creative abilities in all children, of creative abilities of younger students: regardless of their level of intellectual • situations of choice are created, the development, we can say that the need to learning process includes tasks that are work in this direction is extremely valuable. performed taking into account the In children, creativity develops gradually, imagination; passing through several stages of • co-creation is organized in the children's development. These stages proceed team in order to manifest and develop the sequentially: before being ready for the next creative abilities of each; stage, the child must necessarily master the • technologies for the development of qualities that are formed on the previous ones. creative thinking are used; Creative thinking directly depends on the level • systematic monitoring of diagnostic of development of the type of thinking that results. has a peak of development at a certain stage. • Every child has different kinds of gifts. Of Consequently, from childhood it is necessary course, not all children have the ability to for the child to develop both creative thinking compose, imagine, invent. Nevertheless, and critical thinking, making sure that they are the talents of each person can be in balance, accompany and periodically developed. Incentives are needed for their replace each other in any mental act. Studies development. of children's creativity make it possible to • Ways to stimulate creativity: single out at least three stages in the • providing a favorable atmosphere; development of creative thinking: visual- • benevolence on the part of the teacher, effective, causal, and heuristic. refusal to criticize the child; • Enrichment of the child's environment with To determine creativity, the following a wide variety of new objects and stimuli parameters are distinguished (according to the for him in order to develop his curiosity; Torrance model): • encouraging the expression of original • fluency of thought (number of ideas put ideas; forward); • Giving children the opportunity to actively • flexibility of thought (the ability to switch ask questions and speak out. from one idea to another); Creativity is a complex mental process • originality (the ability not only to produce, associated with the character, interests, but also to express original ideas, to invent abilities of the individual. something new); • curiosity; A new product received by a person in creativity can be objectively new (a socially “DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THINKING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS” P age 107 | 5 significant discovery) and subjectively new (a These are types of thinking, the ability to discovery for oneself). The development of the mentally represent what is in memory. creative process, in turn, enriches the Imagination is the ability to mentally create imagination, expands the knowledge, new