Encouraging and hindering children's artistic creativity of children in early and preschool age

Tema ovog diplomskog rada je Poticanje i ometanje dječjeg likovnog stvaralaštva djece u ranoj i predškolskoj dobi. Rad je podijeljen u dva dijela, teorijski dio i istraživanje. Djeca putem likovnog izražavanja zadovoljavaju svoje psihološke potrebe, oslobađaju se frustracije i stresa, slikom pričaju svoju priču, prenose doživljaje, uzbuđenja i emocije. Za razvoj dječje kreativnosti i likovnih sposobnosti vrlo je važan utjecaj odgojitelja, koji omogućuje bogatstvo motivacijskih poticaja i djeci dopušta slobodu, uvažava njihove interese, mogućnosti te svojim postupcima ne ometa, nego razvija dječju kreativnost. Značaj dječjih crteža je velik jer se na taj način djeca samostalno izražavaju, istražuju, rješavaju likovne probleme i daju nove vizualne forme idejama te promatranjima. Cilj istraživanja je na temelju anketnog upitnika ispitati stajališta odgojitelja o ostvarivanju dječjeg kreativnog potencijala, poznavanju likovne umjetnosti, o njihovoj ulozi u likovnim aktivnostima i učestalosti te pristupu izvođenja likovnih aktivnosti. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 206 odgojitelja iz dječjih vrtića u Republici Hrvatskoj. Rezultati dobiveni upitnikom govore da su odgojitelji svjesni svoje uloge u razvoju dječje kreativnosti te ih većina osjeća potrebu za dodatnim usavršavanjem, ali nisu svjesni da svojim pristupom likovnim aktivnostima ometaju taj razvoj.The topic of this thesis is Encouraging and hindering children's artistic creativity of children in early and preschool age. The graduate thesis is divided into two parts, on the theoretical and the research part. Through artistic expression, children satisfy their psychological needs, relieve frustration and stress, tell their story through pictures, convey experiences, excitement and emotions. For the development of children's creativity and artistic abilities, the influence of educators is very important, which provides a wealth of motivational incentives and allows children freedom and respect for their interests and opportunities, and their actions do not interfere, but develop children's creativity. The importance of children's drawings is essential, because in this way children express themselves independently, explore, solve art problems and give new visual forms to ideas and observations. The goal of the research is to examine the attitudes of educators on the realization of children's creative potential, knowledge of fine arts, their role in art activities and frequency, and the approach to performing art activities. The research was conducted on a sample of 206 kindergarten teachers in the Republic of Croatia. The results obtained by the questionnaire show that educators are aware of their role in the development of children's creativity and most of them feel the need for additional training, but they are not aware that their approach to art activities hinders this development