Developing Creativity and Practical Skills in the School Environment

This book presents creativity as a fundamental human need, comparable to appreciation, love and solidarity. It is described as essential for personal development, supporting productivity, optimism, positive thinking and effective communication, often with motivational effects on others. The author emphasizes that every person is creative, though in different areas and at different levels, and that its development depends on both subjective abilities and objective conditions. Subjective factors include perception, observation and imagination, which can be developed in education through problem-solving and heuristic tasks. Objective conditions are formed by teachers, students and their relationships, as well as the overall school environment, including teacher-pupil interaction, school activities, motivation, fair assessment and support for creative individuals. The monograph focuses on creativity in schools, its meaning, manifestations, development in children and barriers in educational practice, and also its relation to manual skills, based on the assumption that creativity should be accompanied by psychomotor abilities enabling practical realization.