Promoting Creative Thinking Skills in Post-Soviet Countries: An Evaluation of a Summer Program for Youths in Ukraine and Armenia
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Abstract
The cause of this studies turned into to decide whether or not innovative wondering abilties might be stepped forward in members of a youngsters management application withinside the post-Soviet international locations of Ukraine and Armenia. A secondary speculation of this studies turned into that ancient and cultural impacts impeded the usage of innovative wondering abilties in post Soviet international locations. The argument turned into offered that the want for those abilties has turn out to be greater pressing due to the global shift from industrial-primarily based totally economies to a understanding financial system. As Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and previous president and leader economist of the World Bank, states “First, withinside the lengthy run, fulfillment withinside the understanding financial system calls for creativity, better order cognitive abilties further to primary abilties. Those international locations that locate methods of fostering this type of creativity will, withinside the lengthy run, have greater fulfillment withinside the opposition of the understanding financial system”.
The youngsters management application carried out in Ukraine and Armenia entitled International Outreach Coalition
(IOC) turned into offered as a version for lengthy-time period alternate that might offer youngsters with abilties in ideageneration gear and hassle exploration in an surroundings that turned into conducive for creativity. Participants have been examined at the start and cease of the application. An growth in self assurance in drawing close issues of their groups turned into observed to be significant. Other outcomes have been inconclusive. The studies led to numerous guidelines for development of the IOC application in addition to the idea for a longer-time period study.