Stimulating creativity through recomposition and redefinition in kindergarten activities

Brojne su definicije kreativnosti a ukratko ju možemo opisati kao proces izrade nečeg što je originalno i vrijedno, bilo to igra, ples, izražavanje, glazba, pisanje... U teorijskom dijelu rada ću donijeti općeniti pregled kreativnosti, njene defincije, razvojni stupnjevi, a biti će govora i o razlikama kreativnosti u djece i odraslih obzirom da su kriteriji drugačiji. Također će biti govora o kreativnosti u odgoju i obrazovanju te načinima kako ju možemo potaknuti, a kako ju kočiti, te koje su to uloge odgajatelja u radu s djecom. Za istraživački dio rada provedene su 4 aktivnosti sa djecom u dječjem vrtiću „Orkulice“ na Dugom otoku u mjestu Sali. Cilj aktivnosti je bio proučiti postoji li razlika u stupnju kreativnosti obzirom na različite likovne metode rada i uporabu različitih likovnih tehnika u likovnim aktivnostima. Dio radova je nastao upotrebom tradicionalnih likovnih tehnika- tempera i kolaž papir, a dio kombiniranih- redefinicija, rekompozicija i fotomontaža. Pretpostavke da će likovno kreativniji biti radovi nastali kombiniranim tehnikama su se pokazale točnima, a same aktivnosti su djeci bile jako zanimljive, posebice fotomontaža.There are multiple explanations of term creativity and I will shorty define it as a process of making something what is original and worthy , wether it's a play, dance, expression, music, writing... Theoretical part of this paper will discuss creativity, its explanations, development stages, differences of creativity between adults and children considering criteria for each is different. This paper will also explain creativity in education, what are responsabilities and roles of a preschool teacher and how to encourage creativity or even block it. For practical part of this paper four activities were conducted with children of kindergarten „Orkulice“ in Sali, on Dugi otok. The goal of those activities was to see if there is a difference in a stage of creativity considering usage of different art techniques and different work methods. Part of children art works was made using traditional art techniques- tempera and collage paper, and other part using mixed media art techniques- redefinition, recomposition and photomontage. Assumptions that art works made with mixed media art techniques will be more creative showed as correct, and activities itself were very interesting to children, especially photomontage