Creative learning and teaching.
- PubMed: 5191861
Abstract
Creativity is not an easy phenomenon to define and hence understand. Perhaps this is partly the reason why there seems to be âissuesâ in creativity and design and technology education. Some approaches to understanding creativity have focused on one area, for example the cognitive approach. There are however, a number of researchers who suggest that there are many interrelated factors that seem to contribute towards understanding creativity. These have become known as multidisciplinary approaches. This paper outlines one such approach to creativity, Csickszentmihalyiâs âSystems Perspectiveâ for studying creativity. A number of implications and issues will be explored with respect to the teaching and learning of creativity in design and technology (D&T). The teacher it is argued, has a significant role in increasing the likelihood of creativity in the D&T classroom. This paper is limited to a small case study, but seeks to generate a debate in order to help demystify the phenomenon of creativity, how it may inform practice in the D&T classroom, and ultimately increase the likelihood of creativity for pupils studying D&T.
Creative learning and teaching.
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Creative Learning and Innovative Teaching
Final Report on the Study on Creativity and Innovation
in Education in the EU Member States
EUR 24675 EN - 2010
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A-24675-EN-C
ISBN 978-92-79-18974-6
9 789279 189746
Authors: Romina Cachia, Anusca Ferrari,
Kirsti Ala-Mutka and Yves Punie
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