Abstract
Creativity is essential to innovation, novelty, and sustenance. This research involves the study of creativity in education, specifically through the training of teachers and future teachers to apply theories of creativity in instructional design. Teacher Education students were exposed to creativity theory and conditioned to apply theory in developing learner creativity in lesson and project design. Creativity theories were included in an online course in cognition and critical thinking in education as foundational psychological frameworks to apply in educational practice and in the design of creative activity in the course. Participants studied and applied creativity frameworks in instruction and learning design in the form of lessons and projects. Lesson Designs were full-length lessons with applications of creativity theory. Project Designs were group projects incorporating creativity theory into an educational resource. Uses of creativity theory in lessons and projects were analyzed for understanding and application of theory.
Highlights
Creativity is necessary to inventive thinking in any domain, and underappreciated in many formal educational environments
Creativity theories were included in an online course in cognition and critical thinking in education as foundational psychological frameworks to apply in educational practice and in the design of creative activity in the course
This course was successful in inspiring teacher candidates to analyze and apply creativity theory to instruction
Summary
Creativity is necessary to inventive thinking in any domain, and underappreciated in many formal educational environments. All solution making and construction require creative thinking. Almost no schools teach for creativity or train teachers to teach for creativity. The following study explores the value of creativity in educational design in teacher training, and is part of a sequence of studies investigating critical thinking in education. The research was embedded in an online course in critical thinking in teaching and learning in a California school of education. Creativity theories were examined for their utility in educa-
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