Integrative approach in researching the creative abilities development of future fashion designers
Primary classification of the creative abilities development criteria has been worked out during the pedagogical experiment on the basis of higher educational institutions. It reflects three main directions of fashion designer professional activity. To make the research more effective and objective we added to the criteria model some extra criteria and indices. It proved the necessity of integrative approach application when investigating the process of future fashion designers creative abilities development as well as introducing the systematized criterial model. The peculiarity of criteria system shown in our model consists of such main criteria groups: 1) motivational and creative; 2) practically oriented; 3) professional and personal. Their interconnection shows the logic of future fashion designers creative abilities development process. Several separate indices correspond to each of the above mentioned criterion characterizing the real elements of creativity in the process of clothes designing. Simultaneously, in order to define originality and creativity of creative elements that were observed during the pedagogical experiment we turned to the extra criterion “primary level of creativity” which was also measured with several indices. This approach gives the opportunity not only to take into consideration the whole complex of fashion sphere future specialists’ creative abilities, investigate in detail the real elements of creativity in the process of fashion designing, show the variety of pedagogical project technologies effects on professional competences formation but to make necessary corrections when shifting from one stage of research work to another. Experimental testing of criteria model effectiveness proved usefulness and success of project technologies application as means of future fashion designers’ creative abilities development.