Using the C-K theory to develop student's creativity: A case study of creative university

Abstract

Creativity is essential for everyone; it will be one of their valuable assets that will become beneficial their organization. This study aims to develop a series of workshop classes to promote learners' creativity based on the C-K theory. This research method uses pretest-posttest control group design. The research is divided into three stages: stage 1: gathering preliminary data by exploring opinions of experts regarding developing creativity, stage 2: developing lesson plans by creating lesson plans from the analysis of the data from stage 1, then validating them by experts and piloting them, stage3: examining the results of implementing the lesson plans by analyzing data using repeated measures and multi-level analysis. The findings reveal that the lesson plans aim to develop creativity in learners through designing projects, or other type of work, activities based on C-K theory together with a five-class course called Design and Visualization for Film starting from 1) photo design 2) identifying and formulating problems 3) Reviewing problems 4) Creating a photo design based on C-K theory and 5) designing a film poster based on C-K theory. The findings of the implementation show that the learner group who was taught by using C-K theory presented higher degree of creativity development than those who were not.