Institute of Psychology supports creative development of children and youth

Project Creative Poland takes off! A team of researchers from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Wrocław and from Maria Grzegowska University in Warsaw led by dr hab. Piotr Sorokowski, professor of the University of Wrocław, invites primary school second grade teachers to partake in the project. The development of creativity and cultural sensibility in pupils and the enhancement of teaching staff’s abilities are paramount goals of the project. As part of the project, the scientists invite teachers to training focused on psychopedagogy of creativity and to complete Dorota Jankowska and Aleksandra Gajda’s “Compass of Creativity” practice together with pupils. Let’s give the floor to the authors of the project: “Our main goal is to implement and disseminate on a broad scale an educational method of increasing creativity among children and youth that was verified in terms of efficiency. In the opinion of scientists, employers and community leaders, creativity is commonly thought to be an essential professional and social ability and a driving force of economical and technological development. Can we increase, exercise, stimulate creativity? Fortunately, the answer to this question is simple – YES. This is why together with the specialized team of scientists, experts and practitioners we offer a project that will result in improving this extremely important quality of personal and professional life. Not only is this project a chance for a better future for two thousand Polish children, but also it is an indirect way of increasing Poland’s innovativeness”.

You can find more information on this project on its website: www.kompas-kreatywnosci.pl

The form that you can use in order to enter for the project: https://forms.gle/Sm7jmBnBE2tvFZqNA

The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Science as a matter of the “Science for Society” competition. The people involved in the project are dr hab. Piotr Sorokowski, professor of the University of Wrocław, dr Aleksandra Gajda (Maria Grzegowska University, Warsaw), dr Dorota Jankowska (Maria Grzegowska University, Warsaw), prof. dr hab. Maciej Karwowski (University of Wrocław), Edyta Karwowska, Agata Groyecka-Bernard (University of Wrocław), dr Izabela Lebuda, professor of the University of Wrocław, Aleksandra Zielińska (University of Wrocław), Jakub Jędrusiak (University of Wrocław) and Julia Szaran (University of Wrocław).

Translated by Jakub Dziubek (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.