Evolution of the Ideas about Creativity in Psychological and Pedagogical Concepts of 19 th -20 th century

摘要

The general conclusion of psycho-pedagogical theories and udconcepts of creative personalities who emerged during the udXIX-XX centuries is presented in the following article. On udthe basis of the research in psychology and pedagogy it was udconcluded that creativity and its manifestations attracted udthe attention of many scientists. Therefore, the attempts to udunderstand the essence of creativity led to the advent of udgreat numbers of contradicting psychological theories and udconcepts. Till the beginning of XX century the study of cre-ativity involved many scientists as well as individual schools. udIn the USA in 50-60’s of XX century the developing of special udprograms to ensure the full development of creative potential udstarted. At the end of XIX – early XX century psychology of udcreativity is formed. Summarising the positions about the udnature of creativity it should be mentioned that creativity in udthe psychological context is represented by everything that udis connected with the creation of something new, the actual udprocess of the creation, the result of this process and its udsubject, the circumstances in which the creative process is udoccured. The scientists are unanimous that creativity in this udform or another is inherent for everyone.