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1. Meaningful Learning through
Creative Education
Keynote Address
ICIE 2014 Conference, Paris, France. July 7-10
http://www.paris.icieconference.net/
Patrick Blessinger
Founder, Executive Director, and Publisher
International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association
New York City
www.hetl.org
2. The Purpose of Education
Education has multiple aims –
political, economic, socio-cultural,
personal.
However, the main focus of
education should not be purely
vocational but rather in nurturing
interests, skills, and knowledge across
an array of topics that are personally
meaningful and individualized to
each student.
The ultimate goal education should
be to prepare students for life in all its
complexities, not just training for a job.
3. Overview of Creativity
History and Definitions
Brilliant. Genius. Talented. Creative.
Innovative. Gifted.
All words used to describe exceptional
types of mental performance.
Some believe that creativity is mainly the
province of geniuses and artists.
I argue that creativity (creative learning)
is the essence of higher order thinking.
I argue that creativity is a practical life
skill that should be nurtured in everyone
from an early age through formal
education.
See Sawyer, R.K., (2012) Explaining Creativity; Csikszentmihalyi, M., (1996) Creativity.
4. Overview of Creativity
History and Definitions
Creativity can be defined as a new
combination of mental activities
expressed in the world (individual
level; bottom-up approach;
reductionism)
Creativity can be as the creation of
a novel idea that is valuable to
society (social level; top-down
approach; holism).
The social view contends that
creativity not only emerges from
individual human minds but also
emerges from social processes.
See Sawyer, R.K., (2012) Explaining Creativity; Csikszentmihalyi, M., (1996) Creativity.
5. Overview of Creativity
History and Definitions
In Csikszenthmihali’s system view, there are three
components to the creative process:
1. Domain: set of knowledge - rules, methods,
assumptions (.e.g., math, history, engineering,
economics, education, medicine, or sub-domains.
The domain is where the acceptance of the
creative idea leads to change.
2. Field: group of experts who determine if a new idea
should accepted as part of the domain (e.g.,
physicians or chemists or historians – usually the
experts in the field like researchers.
3. Individual: the one who generates the idea(s).
The individual who comes up with a great
transformative idea has first mastered the domain
– she/he understands the domain deeply and the
rules by which it is organized.
6. Overview of Creativity
History and Definitions
The word creativity first appeared in English in
the 1875 text History of Dramatic English
Literature, by Adolphus William Ward (Weiner,
2000, p. 89).
Engel (1981)and Taylor (1989) state that the
concept of imagination emerged from
England and Germany during the late 18th
Century and it was viewed as a quality of the
mind responsible for originality and is central
to the modern Western concept of creativity.
Given all this, other definitions of creativity
could be: the meaningful application of
imagination or the process of generating
original ideas that have value to society.
7. Overview of Creativity
Waves of Creativity
The formal study of creativity is new and has
occurred in four major phases, according to
Sawyer (2012):
First wave (1950s and 1960s): focus on studying
personality traits (personality approach)
Second wave (1970s and 1980s): focus on
studying mental processes (cognitive
approach)
Third was (1980s and 1990s): focus on studying
creative social systems (sociocultural
approach)
Fourth wave (1990s to present): integrative
study of creativity (interdisciplinary approach)
9. Creativity and Imagination
Creativity: the meaningful application of imagination
Imagination is the primary gift of human
consciousness.
Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be
Creative
Creativity is a unique human quality and the
essence of higher order thinking.
Creativity is the result of a highly developed
nervous system and cerebral cortex
How do we use creativity in novel and meaningful
ways to explore new possibilities for ourselves and
for society?
How do we foster creativity in an educational
system defined largely by conformity,
standardization, and hyper-specialization.
See Sawyer, R.K., (2012) Explaining Creativity; Csikszentmihalyi, M., (1996) Creativity.
10. Creativity is Important to Humanity
Creativity: the meaningful application of imagination
In a world where lifelong employment in the same job
is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is
essential for personal security and fulfillment.
Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be
Creative
Creativity will grow in importance due to:
Increasingly globalized world (e.g., politically,
economically, socially, environmentally)
Increasingly sophisticated information and
communication technologies (ICT)
Jobs that don’t require creativity are being automated
Increasing demand for creative services
The most perplexing problems (e.g., wicked
problems) confronting humans will require much
higher levels of creative thinking
No one discipline or profession alone can claim to
have the best or only approach to solving life’s most
difficult and perplexing problems
11. Creative Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives
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Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman
Creativity is as
important in
education as
literacy and we
should treat it
with the same
status.
Sir Ken Robinson
12. Meaningful Learning
Creativity from a Meaning-making Perspective
Meaningful learning is aimed at
supporting the capacity of the individual
to create an authentic, creative, and
experiential project of her/his life.
With meaningful learning, the goal is to
co-create a learning environment where
individuals become more self-regulated,
self-sustaining, self-determining authors of
their own lives.
With meaningful learning, the focus of
learning is on critical and creative
thinking, and on psycho-social self-
development.
13. Creative Learning
Creativity Research
Sawyer (2012), in an exhaustive study of creativity
research over the last few decades concluded that:
Creativity involves both divergent and convergent
thinking.
Creativity normally occurs incrementally over a long
period of time.
Creativity is the result of hard work and commitment to
solving a problem.
Creativity is a directed, intentional, rational process.
Hyper-specialization may stifle creativity if it means you
are unware of related knowledge.
Although creativity is largely domain-specific, cross-
fertilization can enhance creativity.
14. Creative Learning
Creativity Research
Sawyer (2012), in an exhaustive study of
creativity research over the last few decades
concludes that:
There is no creativity gene and creativity doesn’t
occur in just the right half of the brain. Rather, it
involves basic psychological and social processes
put together in novel and complex ways.
Imagination (i.e., the ability to form new images
and thoughts not available through the senses or
not possible in conscious reality) occurs at the
individual level (in the mind).
Innovation (i.e., implementing a new idea or
product into a group or society) occurs at the
social level.
15. Creativity Learning
Stages of the Creative Process
Sawyer (2012): integrated framework of major
theories of creativity which emerged eight stages of
the creative process:
1. Identify the problem or opportunity
Problems or opportunities are rarely neatly presented
Problems requiring the most creativity are unstructured
Cannot be solved by one discipline or past experience
alone
2. Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the specific
problem
Gardner (1993) showed that creative breakthroughs usually
occur after about ten years of deep immersion in the
domain
Ericsson et al (1993) assert that world class performance in
any domain requires at least 10,000 hours of deliberate
practice
These studies suggest that prolonged, intensive immersion in
a domain is required for highly creative performance
16. Creativity Learning
Stages of the Creative Process
3. Acquire a broad range of knowledge related to the
problem
See the overlaps and relationships across domains
Use analogic thinking (i.e., make analogies across domains)
Apply concepts from related domains
Generate a variety of ideas
4. Allow time for deep reflection
5. Generate a variety of ideas
6. Combine ideas in novel ways
7. Select meaningful ideas based on feasible criteria
8. Externalize, test, evaluate, and refine the idea
Imagine how to implement it (e.g., proof of concept)
Identify resources needed to implement it
Predict the possible reactions to implementing it
Determine how to test, evaluate, and refine it
18. Creative Learning
Implications for Education
The challenge for educators is to nourish and
develop children's natural creativity, not stifle it.
There are many approaches that can help
practitioners promote creativity in their learners:
Providing regular opportunities for hands-on
experimentation, problem solving, discussion and
collaborative work.
Actively encourage students to question, make
connections, imagine what might be possible by
exploring different ideas.
Facilitating open discussion and questioning.
Asking open-ended questions such as ‘What if…?’
and ‘How might you…?’
19. Education and Creativity
Implications for Education
Andilou & Muphy (2010) assert that most
teachers believe that it is possible to cultivate
creativity but the highly standardized
curriculum stifles such creative practices.
Most teachers tend to associate creativity with
the arts and humanities and not so much with
the STEM fields.
Schools are the perfect place to cultivate
creativity since they are the main vehicle for
delivering formal learning.
Creativity depends on mastering a domain and
research suggests that mastery takes at least
ten years of study in a given domain.
20. Education and Creativity
Creative Teaching
Teaching for creativity involves asking open-ended
questions where there may be multiple solutions;
working in groups on collaborative projects, using
imagination to explore possibilities; making
connections between different ways of seeing; and
exploring the ambiguities and tensions that may lie
between them.
Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be
Creative
Encourage respectful dialogue and questions
Encourage inquiry-based and meaningful learning
Question assumptions and encourage different
viewpoints and perspectives to encourage cross-
fertilization of ideas
21. Education and Creativity
Creative Teaching
Encourage peer teaching and collaborative team
projects
Provide a safe place to take sensible risks
Foster self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation
Be inclusive and respect diversity in all its forms
Focus on unstructured and ill-defined problem-
solving
Encourage self-regulated learning and active
participation in the learning process
Creative teaching and learning should be tailored
to every subject.
22. Education and Creativity
Creative Learning
Set high expectations for performance that match
one’s knowledge and skills
Extrinsic and intrinsic rewards for performance are
important
Integrate knowledge using interdisciplinary
concepts
Look for overarching patterns and underlying
principles
Dialogue, collaboration, and mentoring are vital
Sound argumentation and logical reasoning
Deep personal reflection of their own
understanding
Foster proper work attitudes and study habits
Make learning personally meaningful and
interesting
23. Education and Creativity
Conclusion
Good teachers know that their role is to
engage and inspire their students. This is a
creative process in itself.
Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds:
Learning to be Creative
Like happiness and meaning, creativity is a
quality that must be cultivated and
worked on over many years.
Like happiness and meaning, creativity is a
state we consciously make happen in spite
of life’s adversities.
24. Education and Creativity
Conclusion
We must consciously seek out
experiences that lead to greater
happiness, meaning and
creativity.
Happiness, meaning and
creativity evolve over the course
of a lifetime if we are willing to
tenaciously pursue it.
This is the great challenge of life!