Mentor

Svetlana Sergejewna Usenko

Course Information

Online classes "Development of Creativity" for children aged 6-7. To understand what tomorrow will be like, we need to develop modern children and teenagers - those who will shape our future and live in it. These are the so-called Generation Z and "Alpha" generations. The development of creativity is one of the foundations for the development of a modern child's future. Creative thinking is the ability to perceive the surrounding world non-standardly and generate fundamentally new ideas. In our classes, using game-based learning and TRIZ technology, we will help develop creative thinking and teach how to create various types of project products. We will teach how to work in a group, demonstrating individual abilities. Our task is to create conditions for students' self-realization. Development of thinking abilities: verbal and non-verbal fluency, flexibility, originality. Development of skills to combine, compare, and create objects with new properties. Formation of the ability to plan and develop a topic in detail. Formation of the ability to work in teams: development of communication methods in a team, the ability to distribute and perform tasks based on their role. The main approaches in the work are "Brainstorming" and the principle of "fluency". Fluency of thinking, understood as the ability to come up with many possible solutions to a problem, is an important condition for creating creative products. The principle of soft competition (competition between groups of children, with frequent redistribution). Cooperation and collaboration (ability to work in teams). The ability to evaluate and a favorable psychological atmosphere (getting rid of the fear of making mistakes). Requirements for the course: Willingness to experiment and rational modeling. Most importantly: Development of creative abilities. Development of creative divergent thinking. Formation of skills and abilities in project activities.

History, Social Studies, Cultural Studies, Development, creative thinking, Pedagogy