Lichvar V. Development of artistic-creative potential in junior pupils in the process of their artistic creative.

The object of the research: the process of creative development of junior schoolchildren. The objective: revealing the substance of artistic and creative potential of junior schoolchildren, the theoretical grounding and experimental examination of pedagogical conditions of efficient development of artistic and creative potential in the process of imaginative activity. The methods of research: theoretical - the analysis of philosophic, art-studying and pedagogical literature on the problems of the given research; empirical - observation, pedagogical analysis, testing, expertise, pedagogical experiment (stating, forming, controlling). Theoretical significance of the research is seen in identifying the concepts, which deepen the substance, the contents, and the specificity of artistic and creative potential of junior schoolchildren. Practical significance: consists in developing methodical recommendations on efficient development of artistic and creative potential of junior schoolchildren in the process of imaginative activity. The practical application: the theoretical provisions, conclusions, and methodological recommendations have been applied to the study process of a number of secondary schools in Kharkiv.