Practice-Oriented Forms of Scientific and Technical Creativity of Gifted Youth

This article explicates the specifics of the scientific and technical creativity of gifted youth as creative activities to create material and technical products and means in order to optimize the social and economic development of society. The methodological approaches to the study of the phenomenon of scientific and technical creativity of gifted youth are analyzed; from empirical position, the importance of the development of practice-oriented forms of scientific and practical activity of gifted youth for their professional selfrealization, competitiveness and, as a result, innovation of socially significant areas of society is proved. Based on the results of sociological research, the necessity of introducing practice-oriented forms of scientific and technical creativity into the activities of organizations working with gifted youth is proved as determinants, promoting the innovative development of regional clusters, for the formation of positive dynamics of distribution of youth project activities forms.