Children creativity and its development with adults' support

The thesis focus is on children's creativity as a social-psychological phenomenon. A systematic literature review summarizes current approaches, theories, and research that highlight the social aspect of creativity. Furthermore, the text offers a body of knowledge on children's creativity and its development. The emphasis is placed especially on teachers and their influence on the creativity of preschool children. The presented research project focuses on Ateliér kreativního malování concept and examines its effectiveness by quasi-experimental research design in which Urban's Figural Creativity Test was administered in post-test measurement. The discussion section compiles the present state in this field. Also, it yields the results in the context of Czech and foreign literature. Moreover, the limits of the project are discussed along with proposals for further direction in the study of enhancement of children's creativity with the support of adults. Keywords Creativity; Child Creativity; Creativity Development; Social Aspect of Creativity; Creativity Enhancement; Creative Zone of Proximal Development; Mediated Learning Experience; Vygotskij; Feuerstei