2. Creativity is a fascinating topic. Creative individuals often lead interesting lives, especially when they are immersed in their work, and of course the work itself (art, inventions, books, and insights) is by definition original and unusual. Creativity Creativity No wonder there is a growing body of both basic and applied research on creativity and various correlates of it. (e.g., innovation, talent, achievement and genius) The basic researchoften focuses on the creative process. The applied research looks to the environments and experiences that support (and sometimes inhabit) creative potentials and expression. Runco, M. A. 2007. Encoraging creativity in education. In Al-Girl Tan (ed.), Creativity: a handbook for teachers, pp. vii-ix. Singapore: World Scientific.
5. Theories of Creativity-Some Possible Clustures Starko, A. J. 2005. Creativity in the classroom: schools of curious delight. 3rd edition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
7. Runco, M. A., and Johnson, D. J. 2002. Parents’ and teachers’ implicit theories of children’s creativity: a cross-cultural perspective. Creativity Research Journal 14(3&4): 427-438. Indicative Adjective Active, Adaptable, Adventurous, Affectionate, Alert, Ambitious, Artistic, Assertive, Capable, Cheerful, Clear Thinking, Clever, Confident, Curious, Daring, Determined, Dreamy, Easygoing, Emotional, Energetic, Enterprising, Enthusiastic, Flexible, Friendly, Humorous, Imaginative, Impulsive, Individualistic, Industrious, Interests Wide, Intelligent, Inventive, Original, Progressive, Resourceful, Self-confident, Spontaneous Person
8. Runco, M. A., and Johnson, D. J. 2002. Parents’ and teachers’ implicit theories of children’s creativity: a cross-cultural perspective. Creativity Research Journal 14(3&4): 427-438. Contraindicative Adjective Absentminded, Aloof, Apathetic, Arrogant, Awkward, Bitter, Cautious, Cold, Commonplace, Complaining, Confused, Conventional, Cynical, Despondent, Dull, Faultfinding, Gloomy, Hardheaded, Hard-hearted, Headstrong, Indifferent, Inhibited, Interest Narrow, Lazy, Pessimistic, Self-centered, Self-pitying, Shallow, Unambitious, Whiny Person
9. Process The Directed Creativity Cycle: A Synthesis Model of the Creative Process Let's walk through it, beginning at the 9:00 position on the circle. We live everyday in the same world as everyone else, but creative thinking begins with careful observation of that world coupled with thoughtful analysis of how things work and fail. These mental processes create a store of concepts in our memories. http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html
10. Process The Directed Creativity Cycle: A Synthesis Model of the Creative Process Using this store, we generate novel ideas to meet specific needs by actively searching for associations among concepts. There are many specific techniques that we can use to make these association; for example, analogies, branching out from a given concept, using a random word, classic brainstorming, and so on. The choice of technique is not so important; making the effort to actively search for associations is what is key. http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html
11. Process The Directed Creativity Cycle: A Synthesis Model of the Creative Process Seeking the balance between satisficing and premature judgment, we harvest and further enhance our ideas before we subject them to a final, practical evaluation. http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html
12. Process The Directed Creativity Cycle: A Synthesis Model of the Creative Process But, it is not enough just to have creative thoughts; ideas have no value until we put in the work to implement them. Every new idea that is put into practice changes the world we live in, which re-starts the cycle of observation and analysis. http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html
13. Social System Culture Domain FIELD (Social Organization of Domain) PERSON Genetic Pool and Personal Experiences Product A three-pronged systems model of creativity What is creativity? to Where is creativity? Produces Variation and Change Transmits Structured Information and Action Retains Selected Variants Starko, A. J. 2005. Creativity in the classroom: schools of curious delight. 3rd edition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
22. References Runco, M. A. 2007. Encoraging creativity in education. In Al-Girl Tan (ed.), Creativity: a handbook for teachers, pp. vii-ix. Singapore: World Scientific. Starko, A. J. 2005. Creativity in the classroom: schools of curious delight. 3rd edition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/tutorials/creativethinking.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html
