Experience in Adopting the Workbook «diary of a Creative Person» in the Educational Process of a Higher Educational Institution to Prepare Future Teachers

Abstract

IIntroduction. The relevance of training modern educators is due to the new requirements and the use of innovative technologies, methods, and tools in the educational process of higher educational institutions. The paper aims to describe the experience in adopting the workbook “Diary of a Creative Person” in the preparation of students (future kindergarten teachers) and building their creative competence. Materials and Methods. The paper discusses the contents and structure of the Diary of a Creative Person, the experience in its adoption in the framework of mastering the disciplines of Fundamentals of Research Activity, and the Formation of Teacher’s Creative Competence in Scientific Co-creation in two organizational options. The effectiveness of the Diary has been proved experimentally, using the following methods: analysis of processes and products of the activity, observation, questionnaire, survey, design, and qualitative analysis of quantitative parameters. The results of the research were evaluated from the perspectives of the subject acquisition, research project creation, and creative competence formation. The obtained positive results indicate the feasibility of introducing the presented workbook in the educational process of the University with the view to building a creative competence and organizing research work of students. Conclusion. The practical significance of the research is determined by its focus on the improvement in the future training of kindergarten teachers in a modern context and the formation of their creative competence. The prospects for this direction in science are determined by the need to develop creative competence in practicing kindergarten teachers and improve the contents of the workbook. Keywords: : educational process at the University, a modern teacher of a preschool educational organization, training of students, experience in adoption, creative competence, “Diary of a Creative Person”, sections of “Diary of a Creative Person”.