Impact of education environment and educational technologies applied by educators on 5-7 year old children's creativity

Introduction. The creative skills are intensively formed in pre-school period, thus, it is important to establish favourable condition to their development in kindergartens and pre-school groups. Aim of the study. To identify the impact of institutional educational environment and applied pedagogical technologies on the creativity of children's creativity. Materials and Methods. Creative assignments to children in the beginning and at the end of the school year for evaluation of children's creative level. Interview with children. Questionnaires to educators, observation of their activity in the classroom. Results. Children's education and developm ent in pre-primary group promoted creativity of one third of children. The creativity of one fifth of children decreased and about half of children demonstrated the same level of creativity. Conclusions. Employment of direct teaching and spontaneous education enhance creativity if applied in moderationVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij