Developing Creativity and Passion in Students at the Talent Academy – Youth University of Real Education

The purpose of this paper is to reveal practical creative activities within the framework of recognizing and developing passion and creative abilities of students aged 13 to 16 years of age, implemented at the Talent Academy of the Youth University of Real Education (MUER). The presented cyclical program initiated by the PRO Foundation is being implemented with the support of academic instructors from higher education institutions located within the Białystok Science and Technology Park. The initiative is an example of voluntary and free, non-formal education focused on expanding students’ development resources. The goal of the program is to develop key practical competencies of youth, including creative, social, and civic, which are necessary for functioning in real life. The paper assumes that the Talent Academy is an example of educational practice that creates a specific climate conducive to developing its students’ creativity and passion. For this purpose, an analysis was conducted of forms and methods of working with project participants in the context of the constituent elements of the selected creative climate concepts (Ekvall, 1996; Ekvall & Ryhammar, 1999; Hunter et al., 2005; Karwowski, 2009, 2019).

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