CRAFTS CREATIVITY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVE

Education in Czech Republic has recently undergone considerable changes. Emphasis is placed on the development of individuality, personality qualities, and competencies of pupils and students. Creativity has become an essential quality of modern man and it is proclaimed across many areas of human activity, being defined in various ways depending on the application of creative aspects. The area which we deal with in more detail in the article is creativity in technical education. In the context of current events in the field of educational policy in the Czech Republic, we present partial results of a research probe of a qualitative nature focused on identifying key elements of educational strategies of primary school teachers in the implementation of creative technical activities at primary school.