Education for creation in the theory and practice of early childhood education

Abstract

The article presents briefly a history of the development of education for creation thought, presenting the figures of the most distinguished Polish educators and psychologists who have made a significant contribution to the development of the discipline called pedagogy of creativity. In the contents there are also references to the practice of education for creativity with special emphasis on the early childhood education. I point to the legal conditions of the current educational practices in activities developing creative attitude of pupils from classes I–III, and present the results of creative thinking in different aspects: fluency, flexibility and originality of thinking and sensitivity to the problems. The test study exploring the ability of creative thinking was conducted amongst 204 students in 3rd classes and 10 teachers who teach in these classes. The analysis indicated that the students represent the average level of creative thinking despite the fact that only 1 teacher used the additional program stimulating creation and creativity of the students.