Development of Creative Potential of Pupils with Mixed Specific Developmental Disorders

Authors

  • Yuliya P. Zhilova Department of Special Education, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai, 050000, 31 Tole bi Str., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Eva Ðœaria Kulesza Department of the Pedagogical Therapy, Institute of Special Education, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, 02-353, 40 Szczęśliwicka Str., Warsaw, Poland
  • Zhamila I. Namazbayeva Center of Psychological Support for University Development, Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai, 050000, 31 Tole bi Str., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Lyudmila N. Likhodedova Department of Psychology and Defectology, Kostanay State Pedagogical University named after Omirzaq Sultangazin, 110000, 118 Tauelsizdik Str., Kostanay, Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Viktoriya V. Bezhina Department of Foreign Languages, Kostanay State Pedagogical University named after Omirzaq Sultangazin, 110000, 118 Tauelsizdik Str., Kostanay, Republic of Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.01.7

Keywords:

Personality-oriented approach, modern education, children, urgent problems, pedagogical support.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the article is an alternative approach to develop the creative potential of pupils with mixed specific developmental disorders (MSDD).

Background: Modern special education should solve one of the urgent problems that are to help children with special educational needs to activate their creative potential.

Method: Following the elaborated structure of the development of the creative potential of children with MSDD for the diagnosis of each component, we have selected the following methods: the E. Torrence Creative Thinking Test “Incomplete figures”, the graphic technique “Cactus”, the technique “Ladder”.

Results: It organized an empirical study on the creative potential of 10-11-year-old pupils with MSDD with the use of pedagogical experiment. A model of supporting the development of creative potential was developed. In this model, special pedagogical conditions which included a personality-oriented approach, creative educational environment, and pedagogical support, were implemented. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in the framework of the study involving seven schools of Kostanay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Conclusion: The results revealed the significant growth in pupils’ creativity when implementing the model with the set of pedagogical conditions.

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2020-02-10

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Zhilova, Y. P., Kulesza, E. Ðœaria, Namazbayeva, Z. I., Likhodedova, L. N., & Bezhina, V. V. (2020). Development of Creative Potential of Pupils with Mixed Specific Developmental Disorders. Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment, 8(1), 52–59. https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.01.7

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