Akhmetshina G.R. 1
1 Federal State-Owned Educational Establishment of Higher Vocational Education «Kazan (Volga region) Federal University)»
The article provides a view on an educational aspect connected with the development of students’ ability for creative selfrealisation. The author reveals the main components of pedagogical potential of folk applied arts in the development of this students’ ability. The author describes the main features of this potential showing it as a powerful way in formation of future specialists. The paper analyzes the functions and components of pedagogical potential, provides the author’s definition of «pedagogical potential of folk applied arts in the development of students’ ability for creative selfrealisation». In the context of this definition the author reveals the certain educational resources for creative base and conditions where students can feel themselves as creators of their ideas and projects. The practical implementation of pedagogical potential of folk applied arts in development of students’ ability for creative selfrealisation is one of the pressing issues of educational practice of higher education, since its results deepen, extend and elaborate modern understanding of artistic possibilities in creative activities of young people.