DIRECTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TOURISM AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING THE CREATIVE ABILITIES OF STUDENTS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STEAM-PROJECTS

Abstract

In the article it is highlighted that psychological tourism is one of the most promising areas of the tourism industry. Despite the fact that it has become widespread in Ukraine recently, it is actively used by psychology, in particular, during the rehabilitation of military personnel. Psychological tours for military personnel and their family members contribute to rapid socio-psychological adaptation. Psychological tourism combines two components - tourism and practical psychology. This means of correction and rehabilitation of the emotional state contributes to the health effect due to the receipt of positive emotions, the desire of the individual for self-development and self-improvement - inner harmony.
The Concept of the New Ukrainian School states that a future graduate of an educational institution is an educated Ukrainian, comprehensively developed, and capable of risk and innovation. Since the free development of the student, the disclosure of his abilities, opportunities and talents is facilitated by a creative environment, the primary task of the teacher is to organize creative interaction between the subjects of such an environment.
Psychological tourism is an effective means of psychological and pedagogical support for students during the implementation of innovative STEAM-projects, as it is aimed at activating the creative abilities of students. The implementation of such projects requires students not only to have research skills, but also to have design skills (ART component of STEAM). Psychological tourism contributes to the formation of unconventional thinking and the search for new methods of solving problems. When organizing psychological tours for students, it is appropriate to include such methods as: art therapy, eudemotherapy, landscape therapy, animal therapy, esoteric tourism, etc.
The article considers examples of psychological tourism measures to improve the emotional state, which were tested by the authors in recent years on the basis of the Zaporizhzhia "Cossack Lyceum".