PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE SKILLS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS IN VOCATIONAL (VOCATION-TECHNICAL) EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Author (s): Torba N.H., Pakhomov I.V., Zeinalova T.O.
Work place:
Torba N.H.,
PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor,
Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy,
Psychology and Management,
Bila Tserkva Institute of Continuing Professional Education
of the State Institution of Higher Education «University of Education Management» of the National Academy
of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine
(52/4 Levanevskyi Street, Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Region, 09100, Ukraine,
e-mail: torbang@ukr.net)
ORCID: 0000-0001-5187-1111;
Pakhomov I.V.,
Senior lecturer,
Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Management,
Byla Tserkva Institute of Continuing Professional Education
of the State Institution of Higher Education «University of Education Management»
of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine
(52/4 Levanevskyi Street, Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Region, 09100, Ukraine,
e-mail: pahomov.ilya@ukr.net)
ORCID: 0000-0002-6101-9384;
Zeinalova T.O.,
Deputy director for educational and production work,
State Vocational and Technical Educational Institution
«Dnipro Center of Vocational Education»
(103 Vereshahina Street, Dnipro, 49108, Ukraine,
e-mail: zeynalovataisa@gmail.com)
Language: Ukrainian
Scientific Herald of Sivershchyna. Series: Education. Social and Behavioural Sciences 2024. № 2 (13): 236–250
https://doi.org/10.32755/sjeducation.2024.02.236
The purpose of the article. The purpose of the article consists in the analysis and theoretical substantiation of the psychological foundations that determine the development of creative abilities, experimental verification and improvement of the strategy for the development of creative abilities of psychologists of professional education institutions in the context of their professional activities.
Methodology. The methods used in the research: questionnaires, an experiment; standardized psychometric tests: the test for assessing the intelligence of H. Aisenk; the modified Torrance test (ATTA) for the assessment of creative thinking; the method of diagnosing empathic abilities (V. Boiko); the modified test-questionnaire for measuring achievement motivation by A. Mehrabian.
Results. 54 practical psychologists of professional education institutions of the Dnipropetrovsk region took part in the experimental study of the development of creative abilities. Implementation of the Strategy’s measures contributed to positive changes in the development of creativity of psychologists, which was reflected in the general trend towards the growth of all indicators of creative abilities that were evaluated: average indicators according to the ATTA methodology (speed, flexibility, originality, development, accuracy of thinking); empathic abilities; a change in the share of respondents from the dominant motives of the desire to avoid failure to the desire to achieve success.
Practical implications. Implementation of the Strategy’s measures contributed to positive changes in the development of creativity of psychologists, which was reflected in the general trend towards the growth of all indicators of creative abilities that were evaluated: average indicators according to the ATTA methodology (speed, flexibility, originality, development, accuracy of thinking); empathic abilities; a change in the share of respondents from the dominant motives of the desire to avoid failure to the desire to achieve success.
Value (originality). The value of the research lies in the theoretical substantiation and practical approbation in institutions of professional education of the Dnipropetrovsk region of the Strategy for the development of professional creativity of psychologists.
Key words: creative abilities, creativity, psychologists, institutions of professional (vocational and technical) education.
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