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Creativity. CRS/EDL 560 Foundations of Creative Learning and Thinking. I need someone well versed in the art of torture. Do you know PowerPoint?. Will this be on the Test?. Brainstorm – a list of 40 creative words. Hilda Taba * Technique. List the words on individual slips of paper.
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Creativity CRS/EDL 560 Foundations of Creative Learning and Thinking
I need someone well versed in the art of torture. Do you know PowerPoint?
Hilda Taba* Technique • List the words on individual slips of paper. • Group the words. • Label the groups.*Hilda Taba is an educational theorist who developed the concept attainment model.
Lets Define Creativity….. Write your own definition…… (it doesn’t have to be creative)
Definitions of Creativity • You cannot use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.Maya Angelou • Common definition from Webster's - Creativity is marked by the ability or power to create, to bring into existence, to invest with a new form, to produce through imaginative skill, to make or bring into existence something new.
Definitions of Creativity • Ken Robinson -- The having of original ideas that have value. • Carl Rodgers (psychologist an writer) -- The emergence of a novel, relational product, growing out of the uniqueness of the individual. • Henry Miller ( writer) -- The occurrence of a composition which is both new and valuable.
Definitions of Creativity • MihalyiCsikszentmihalyi (Flow) : (chick-sent-me-high or “Mike”) • Creativity is any act idea or product that changes an existing domain or that transforms and existing domain into a new one. • BIG C creativity • Domain: symbolic rules and procedure • Field: the gatekeepers of the domain • Person: the creative one
Constructs of Creativity • Person • Process • Product • Environment
Constructs of Creativity • What are you like? • How do you work? • What do you make? • What conditions make your creative work possible?
Constructs of CreativityPaul E. TorranceJ.P Guilford Structure of the Intellect • Fluency = lots of ideas • Flexibility = different ideas • Elaboration = adding details • Originality = unique ideas
Stages of CreativityGraham Wallas • Preparation • Incubation • Illumination • Verification
Creative ProfileMark Batey Manchester Business School • Idea Generation(Fluency, Originality, Incubation and Illumination) • Personality (Curiosity and Tolerance for Ambiguity) • Motivation (Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Achievement) • Confidence (Producing, Sharing and Implementing)
Stages of CreativityCreativity at WorkJeff DeGraff & Katherine Lawrence • Incubate(Long-term Development) • Imagine(Breakthrough Ideas) • Improve(Incremental Adjustments) • Invest(Short-term Goals)