Storozh O. Psychological peculiarities of creative socialization of senior pupils.

Psychological peculiarities of senior pupils' creative socialization under the conditions of transforming society have been considered in the research. The thesis contains theoretical grounding, methodological basis and the results of empirical research of the given problem. The basic constituent elements of socialization and senior pupils' creative thinking have been determined on the basis of the main theoretical approaches to the analysis of socialization and senior pupils' creative thinking development. The theoretical model has been worked out as the means of research of psychological peculiarities of senior pupils' creative socialization. Senior pupils' levels of socialization and creative thinking have been revealed. The interconnection between socialization and creative thinking indices of senior pupils with definite social-demographical characteristics (age, sex) and type of educational institution has been determined. The typology and psychological peculiarities of senior pupils' creative socialization have been defined. The technology of optimization of senior pupils' creative socialization has been worked out; the results of its experimental implementation have been shown.