Joint activities and development of the creative potential of the personality of the future specialist

Abstract

Introduction. Achieving a qualitatively new state of society largely depends on the formation of the creative potential of young specialists capable of transforming, developing and implementing original solutions to professional and personal tasks, in connection with which the development of mechanisms for the formation of a professional capable of transforming the world and oneself seems to be very relevant. The authors propose to organize joint activities to solve creative problems in the form of a system of training sessions for the development of the creative potential of the personality of students. Materials and methods. The study involved 200 junior students of Volgograd universities, boys and girls aged 18-20 years, humanitarian and natural science areas of training. The main statistical calculations were performed using the analysis of nonparametric data using the chi-square test for the analysis of frequency differences, as well as using the statistical Mann-Whitney U test. The results of the study. Statistically significant significant differences were revealed according to the Mann-Whitney U-test (at p <0.05) between the values of the scales of the experimental and control groups of students according to the following indicators: the index of verbal originality (p = 0.033); the index of verbal uniqueness (p = 0.026); the number of responses produced (p = 0.008); striving for creativity and creativity (p = 0.026), expert assessment of creative potential (p = 0.041). The diagnostic indicators allowed us to conclude that students in the humanitarian areas of training more often demonstrate a high level of originality and productivity of verbal constructions, they are characterized by the spontaneity inherent in a self-actualizing personality. Students of natural science areas of training are more often looking for new ways of thinking, they have a more pronounced desire for self-development. Conclusions. Purposeful, organized joint activities in the form of training aimed at the formation of knowledge, skills and abilities of collective solution of creative problems, has shown effectiveness in solving the problem of developing the creative potential of future specialists.