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Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology

Infusing Creativity into Academic Content. Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development University of Georgia. Creativity. is the generation of novel, useful ideas. According to Torrance,.

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Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology

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  1. Infusing Creativity into Academic Content Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development University of Georgia

  2. Creativity is the generation of novel, useful ideas.

  3. According to Torrance, “When a person has no learned or practiced solution to a problem, some degree of creativity is required”

  4. Four Components of Creativity* Press or Place Person Product Process *Rhodes

  5. 1. Create an Environment Conducive to Creativity (Press) • psychologically safe • intrinsic rewards • opportunities to learn about interests • pursue them with some autonomy • balance of stimulation and quiet time • challenges are matched to the abilities of the learners.

  6. Ekvall’s InnovativeEnvironment RESOURCES 1. Idea Time 2. Idea Support 3. Challenge and Involvement  PERSONAL MOTIVATION 1. Trust and Openness 2. Playfulness and Humor 3. Absence of Interpersonal Conflicts  EXPLORATION 1. Risk-Taking 2. Debates About the Issues 3. Freedom

  7. 2. Recognize and understand the creative person

  8. The very qualities that cause creative individuals to have problems Hyperactivity?

  9. may also facilitate their creative accomplishments High Energy?

  10. Creative People have many characteristics that can be viewed as positive or negative • Original or bizarre? • Independent or stubborn? • High energy or hyperactive? • Spontaneous or impulsive? • Emotionally sensitive or emotionally unstable?

  11. 3. Teach Students About the Process and Strategies • preparation, incubation, illumination, verification Wallas

  12. Incubation requires relaxation

  13. For Illumination to Occur fMRI shows activation of the superior temporal gyrus on the right hemisphere 300 milliseconds before person communicates answer EEG shows a burst of gamma activity

  14. Novelty Surprising Originality Resolution Logicalness Usefulness Value Understandability Elaboration and Synthesis Organic qualities Well-craftedness Elegance 4. Learn to Evaluate Creative Products Besemer & O’Quin: Creative Product Analysis Matrix Cramond UGA

  15. Reis & Renzulli: Student Product Assessment Form

  16. Some Programs and Competitions • Future Problem Solving http://www.fpsp.org/ • Odyssey of the Mind http://www.odysseyofthemind.com • Invent America http://www.inventamerica.com • Destination Imagination http://www.destinationimagination.org

  17. Warmup—Spin a Yarn • One member of the group picks up the ball of yarn and begins a story. Keep telling the story until you get to the knot. • Pass it on. • Repeat until everyone has had a turn. If you get to the end of the yarn before everyone has had a turn, start again.

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