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Significance of Creativity Education in School. By Dr. Cheng Mo Yin, Vivian 29 Oct 2004. Aim of creativity education:. To develop student to be a creative person A creative person is one who frequently produce novel and useful ideas (Sternberg & Lubart, 1996). Creativity. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Significance of Creativity
Education in School
Significance of Creativity
Education in SchoolBy Dr. Cheng Mo Yin, Vivian
29 Oct 2004
Aim of creativity education:
Aim of creativity education:
To develop student to be a creative person
A creative person is one who frequently produce novel and useful ideas
(Sternberg & Lubart, 1996)
Creativity
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Fluency
Flexibility
Novelty
Elaboration
Sensitivity
Logical
Analytical
Critical
Evaluative thinking
Objectivity
Accuracy
Systematic
Curiosity
Imagination
Challenge-taking
Risk-taking
Problem-solving
Inquiry
Multiple-intelligence domains
Various subject contents
Developing Creativity inDeveloping Creativity in
Daily lessons & assignments
Informal learning
(Project work, ECA, LWL, cyber)
Assessing CreativityAssessing Creativity
In public exam
In school-based assessment
– Written test
(Suggestion: 10%)
– Performance-based assessment
in class & project work
Written TestsWritten Tests
Divergent thinking tests
– Ask for many answers
Product tests
– Ask for one novel & appropriate answer
Divergent thinking Tests on Scientific QuestioningDivergent thinking Tests on Scientific Questioning
Example,
“If you can take a spaceship to travel in the outer space and go to a planet, what scientific questions do you want to research? Please list as many as you can.”
(Hu & Adey, 2002)
Performance-based AssessmentPerformance-based Assessment E.g. in creative problem-solving activities
CPS Stages Marking Criteria
Problem-finding D - A number of problems are defined
C- one of them is first chosen for further
consideration
Idea-finding D - Focusing on each problem chosen, a number of possible solutions are suggested.
Fluency, flexibility, novelty & elaboration of the answer are examined.
Solution-finding D - A number of relevant criteria are suggested for evaluating the solutions.
C - The suggested solutions are analyzed by each criterion; a few solutions are chosen for try-out.
Significance of Creativity EducationSignificance of Creativity Education
Government curriculum reform
Student benefits– Arouse great interest in learning (Cheng, 2004)
– Better memory & understanding of subject content (Conti, 1995)
– Develop creative mind & thinking skills.
– Self-actualization
Student Responses (Cheng, 2004)Student Responses (Cheng, 2004)
「很難…但很有趣。」
「幾得意,原來 Physics 可以咁玩法。」
「能更有效地連貫物理與日常生活,覺得物理比想像中實在、好玩。」
Student Responses (Con’t)Student Responses (Con’t)
“This stimulates me think more deeply in physics and in things happening in daily lives.”
“Physics is not just a subject to study, but practical and useful in daily lives.
I feel my physics knowledge is too limited.
@_@”
Student Responses (Con’t)Student Responses (Con’t)
「今日我體會到原來人的創意是隨時可以建立… . 」
「可以從一些平日不曾嘗試的角度去看待一些本認為習以為常的事,算幾新鮮。」
「和平時課堂所學到的相差甚遠。」
Significance of Creativity Education (Con’t)Significance of Creativity Education (Con’t)
World trend
– Japan: A major curriculum component, 1995
– Singapore: “Thinking Schools, Learning Nations”, 1998
– Taiwan: White paper on Creative Education - build a “Republic of Creativity” ( 創造力國度 ), 2001
– China: “Guidelines of Curriculum Reforms in Foundation Education” , 2001
– “International Trend in Curriculum Frameworks” (Le Metais, 2003)
• Creativity development is a major trend in curriculum reform of 18 countries
Significance of Teacher DevelopmentSignificance of Teacher Development
Lack of creative learning experience
Teaching for thinking– New knowledge & skills– Metacognitive development (Feldhusen, 1995)– Shift in beliefs and teaching styles
Develop teacher creativity, to be role-model of students,
Teacher training: EDB, HKIEd, HKBU, CITYU, HKU