Overchuk V. Creativity as the factor of self-development of younger schoolchildren

The dissertation is devoted to research of creativity and self-development of younger schoolchildren in learning activity. There are the theoretical content, correlation for the concepts: development, activity, learning activity, structure of learning activity, self-development, creativity. Psychological peculiarities of creativity have been considered in the research. The thesis contains theoretical grounding methodological basis and the results of empirical research of the given problem. The interconnection between creativity and self-development of younger schoolchildren has been determined. The technology of optimization of study activity has been worked out, the results of its experimental implementation have been shown. The developmental program of creativity development of younger schoolchildren has been worked out. The work demonstrated psychological and pedagogical concepts of creativity development as the factor of self-development of younger schoolchildren in learning activity. Key words: development, activity, learning activity, structure of activity, self-development, creativity, formed research.