Development of Creative Activity of Prospective Visual Art Teachers

Abstract

The main task of training secondary school visual art teachers is to develop intelligent, socially active and creative individualities graced by knowledge and skills in pedagogy, psychology and art, as well as by abilities for self-development and self-education. These teachers need well-developed teaching skills and competence, proficiency in promoting their studentsí acquisition of artistic knowledge and competence in modern art. Besides, they should be able to creatively deal with unusual artistic tasks and to respond to the changes in contemporary art and culture, since alongside the teacherís qualification, these teachers are conferred the Bachelor Degree in Art. Therefore, creative study work is one of the significant stages in the development of professional skills for the prospective secondary school visual art teachers. In order to accomplish the tasks set, the work of the teacher educators should be directed towards the development of studentís creative activity, so that they can independently and regularly develop their creative skills. The aim of the study has been stated to work out and theoretically substantiate the model of creative process aimed at facilitation of prospective secondary education art teachersí creative activity.

Interrelations in the Development of Primary School Learners’ Creative Imagination and Creative Activity When Depicting a Portrait in Visual Art Lessons

“…The analysis of pedagogical-psychological literature and our experience in scientific research-based teaching of different subjects at school and art school, as well as delivering different courses on art in the art study programs for students, allow drawing a conclusion that a creative activity develops in all stages and at any age of human life, starting with preschool age children, which is called the initial stage of a creative activity, and then followed by the preparatory stage of a creative activity (elementary school pupils ñ class 5ñ9), reinforcing stage of a creative activity (secondary school pupils), perfecting stage of a creative activity (students in higher education art study programs) and a creative stage (art specialists) (-Ôahova, Savvina, »aËka, & Volonte, 2007;»aËka, 2009;-Ôahova, & »aËka, 2009;»aËka, & -Ôahova, 2001). (»aËka, 2009, p. 39).…”

Creative Thinking Development Program for Learning Activity Management of Secondary School Teachers

“…Regarding stages of creative process, many scientists (Groborz & Necka, 2003;Lubart, 2000Lubart, -2001Mace & Ward, 2002;Norlander, 2000Norlander, -2001Sawyer, 2006;Slahova & Cacka, 2009) have distinguished four stages of the creative activity:…”