The Creativity Studies Project
"To live is to have problems and to solve problems is to grow creatively." - JP Guilford
What is Creative Studies?People mistakenly think that creativity can't be learned or studied. Let's talk about that!
Article 1 A Crash Course in Creativity |
Understanding Creativity
Defining creativity is a difficult task.
Sternberg suggests to start this by asking... more questions:
Sternberg suggests to start this by asking... more questions:
1. What is creativity?
(Burleson, 2005; Edmonds et al., 2005). 2. How can creativity be enhanced? (Edmonds et al., 2005; Oppenheim, 2005; Fischer et al., 2005). 3. How do previous sources of information contribute to present creativity? (Bonnardel and Marmeche, 2005). 4. How can the environment be designed to support creativity? (Hewett, 2005; Oppenheim, 2005; Yamamoto and Nakakoji, 2005). |
5. What are the cognitive, personality, and motivational constituents of creativity? (Burleson, 2005; Selker, 2005).
6. What is the relation of creativity to knowledge and expertise? (Burleson, 2005). 7. What role can technology play in understanding and enhancing creativity? (Bonnardel and Marmeche, 2005; Edmonds et al., 2005; Hewett, 2005; Selker, 2005). 8. What is the role of social context in creativity? (Fischer et al., 2005). |
Click here for Traits of "Creative Thinking"
Strategies for creation.
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Creativity in Education
Characteristics of Creativity: Empathy and Imagination
About this Project and The Constructivist Approach:
This project like most of the work that I do in my class is based on constructivist teaching methods. In this method students are actively involved in creating their own path of knowledge on the topic. The goals of the project are therefore merely guidelines of learning. The ultimate output of this project is up to the students who will actively collaborate to set the goals and achieve the outcome as a group. As you embark upon this project have in mind how to synthesize the material you are researching and transform it into an artifact meant for an audience. The ultimate direction of the project is up to you.
Task breakdown:
Pick your question to answer
Do the research
Write the response
Propose your visual style to the group
Divide the labor
Set a schedule
Create the media text, whatever form it takes.
BE SURE TO POST YOUR SOURCES IN YOUR RESEARCH PAGE
This project like most of the work that I do in my class is based on constructivist teaching methods. In this method students are actively involved in creating their own path of knowledge on the topic. The goals of the project are therefore merely guidelines of learning. The ultimate output of this project is up to the students who will actively collaborate to set the goals and achieve the outcome as a group. As you embark upon this project have in mind how to synthesize the material you are researching and transform it into an artifact meant for an audience. The ultimate direction of the project is up to you.
Task breakdown:
Pick your question to answer
Do the research
Write the response
Propose your visual style to the group
Divide the labor
Set a schedule
Create the media text, whatever form it takes.
BE SURE TO POST YOUR SOURCES IN YOUR RESEARCH PAGE