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Creativity development trajectories in Elementary Education: Differences in divergent and evaluative skills
2015
Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse the developmental trajectory during childhood of the divergent and evaluative skills implicit in the creative process. A total of 1491 children, aged between 6 and 12 years old, from seven Spanish schools participated in the study by answering the Test de Creatividad Infantil (Child Creativity Test). The aforementioned instrument is based on the theoretical framework of “problem finding” and covers both the creative process and the product. It requires designing a model with stickers -formulation of the problem and then later on producing a drawing based on the model -solving the problem. The results show three types of developmental trajectories…
Creativity from Design and Innovation Perspectives
2017
The notion of innovation is associated with abundant literature presenting a variety of viewpoints, some complementary and others contradictory. In this literature the concept of innovation is often associated with novelty. Elsewhere the same reference to novelty is used to describe creativity, "the creative process is seen as the sequence of thoughts and actions that leads to a novel, adaptive production" (Lubart, 2010). The confusion is further maintained by the fact that research in the fields of creativity and innovation address similar questions. This article aims to explore the relationship between creativity, design, and innovation. To this end, a first part develops a short state of…
Psychodynamic Personality Correlates of Creativity
1986
Publisher Summary Creativity as a concept evokes almost exclusively positive associations, ranging from flexibility of thought to originality, productivity, and the great cultural achievements in the history of mankind. These positive associations, together with the easy availability of individual examples that can be regarded as self-evident proofs of creativity, help counteract the absence of a generally accepted definition of creativity. One of the basic media between persons and external reality is perception. It carries an array of different functions. The fact that perception is not a completely objective mechanism provides the basis for its use as a central variable in theories of pe…
Creatividad en el diseño de instrumentos de recogida de datos: Las preferencias espaciales experimentadas por escolares
2016
La experimentación del entorno escolar por parte de los escolares, y la reflexión sobre las sensaciones provocadas por los estímulos que alberga; son de interés para determinar la calidad estética de los centros educativos. Son necesarios nuevos instrumentos de recogida de datos que permitan aproximarse a las voces de los escolares de temprana edad. A partir de la Investigación basada en las Artes y mediante técnicas de fomento de la creatividad proponemos un instrumento que combina: la observación participante, como forma de acercamiento; la entrevista y el lenguaje visual para la expresión de respuestas; y el análisis documental por categorías, para la obtención de información…
Uses and Abuses of Creativity. Sociology of creative processes, transitions to digital and creative policies
2017
Creativity is a notion awakening growing interest in the social sciences. This attention mirrors the debate on the potential economic and social development of creativity as a skill, profession or industry. However, there is also rising critical interpretation of the abuse of this concept, exploited to legitimize the hasty digitization of the cultural field, and of the instrumentalization of culture in pursuit of economic interests. This article is grounded on the contributions of numerous sociologists (Bourdieu, Collins and Menger) in an attempt to reconsider the conditions under which creativity develops, and examine how the framework of digitalization and instrumentalization is shifting …
Redefining Creativity - Analyzing Definitions, Collocations, and Consequences
2010
How holistically is human creativity defined, investigated, and understood? Until recently, most scientific research on creativity has focused on its positive side. However, creativity might not only be a desirable resource but also be a potential threat. In order to redefine creativity we need to analyze and understand definitions, collocations, and consequences of creativity. In this paper, we reviewed 42 explicit definitions and 120 collocations. The thematic analysis of our data reveals that the vast majority of creativity definitions do not emphasize the positive/negative aspects of the concept. Neither are the negative aspects of creativity emphasized in its numerous collocations. Thu…