Creative Techniques Research Articles

Development of an information model of personnel development in the process of training at the workplace

The improvement of competences in relation to the solution of everyday tasks of production practice is best carried out in the process of training at the workplace due to the combination of acquired theoretical knowledge with practical experience. An urgent task of evaluating the effectiveness of training at the workplace is the diagnosis of the level of preparedness of the personnel of a multimedia company for scientific and technical activities, which can be carried out on the basis of the use of an appropriate information model of personnel development. The purpose of the article was to implement the development of a system model for the formation of professional skills in specialists of multimedia technologies of the polygraphic profile. The article proposes a method of informational support for personnel development through on-the-job training. As a framework that explains the knowledge and skills for the effective implementation of training in the workplace, the current content of competencies is considered. The key areas of personnel qualities related to multimedia technologies are systematized. As part of the conducted research, an information model was created and competence formation was tested within the framework of the relevant modules. The impact of engineering and organizational skills on improving the competencies of multimedia technology specialists is considered. The main components of success in the formation of professional skills of personnel as a result of training at the workplace are considered and analysed. As a result of the work carried out, recommendations were made on the diagnosis of the levels of training of personnel of multimedia and computer companies to improve their own scientific and technical activities, the choice of the content of professional training of specialists in the multimedia profile, the application of a systematic approach to the formation of relevant skills and abilities. A morphological matrix of the formation of technical creativity skills of the personnel of a multimedia company in the process of training at the workplace was created. With the help of Shannon’s information system, a mathematical model of the formation of relevant special modules of competences was obtained. Emphasizing the technical component, the influence of engineering and organizational skills in the process of training at the workplace is considered. The entropy level of the learning system was calculated before and after receiving information. The dependence of entropy on the level of acquired knowledge was analysed. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the formation of practical recommendations for the management of computer and multimedia companies for the organization of training at the workplace, as a result of which employees receive positive incentives for the development of relevant competencies.

Do creativity techniques enhances employees soft skills?

This research aims to analyze how creativity techniques can enhance workers’ soft skills. In addition, this study aims to understand how the environment that surrounds company workers can affect their performance. Therefore, a quantitative methodology was developed through a questionnaire with 87 answers from employees of large companies in the area of Marketing and Management. The data was studied through reliability to find the relation between the creativity techniques, soft skills and the work environment, where the workers are inserted. The results show that most of the companies approached are comfortable using creativity techniques as a way of stimulating creative potential and enhancing the soft skills of workers, such as negotiation, problem-solving and innovation. It was also found that most only use the best-known techniques such as Brainstorming and Mind Map. These findings focus on the need to implement more creative techniques and an environment/sessions where workers feel comfortable exposing their ideas. It is recommended that companies start taking into account the creative potential of workers, as this allows a company to differentiate itself in an increasingly competitive working world.

Technical creativity and technical skills as a source of pupils’ physical and psychological balance

Technical education, the important condition of which is the development of technical skills, technical creativity, as well as technical thinking, is also meant to ensure the physical and psychological balance of the learner’s personality. The contribution, which is the output of the project VEGA no. 1/0550/22, includes presented research fi ndings reporting that the state of a pupil, student or a teacher developing their thinking, skills, and creativity and demonstrating a positive relationship with the content of technical education in all areas of development, creates the environment of a physical and psychological balance of the learner as well as prevents risk behaviour. The research uses a set of research methods (original questionnaire, interviews, pre-test, test, post-test, and others) implemented on a sample of 86 examined respondents showing a statistical signifi cance among the examined variables.

Peran Metode Mind Mapping Dalam Meningkatkan Berpikir Sistematis Pada Siswa Di SMP Islam Hegarmanah Sukabumi

The mind mapping learning model is a creative note-taking technique using diverse images, symbols, shapes, colors that can help students remember, plan things, help be more creative in solving problems, and focus attention. Mind mapping can be described as a map that uses memory, allowing us to structure facts and ideas in such a way that the natural workings of our brain will be involved from the beginning so that remembering information will be easier and more reliable than using ordinary notes. The mind mapping learning model also plays an important role in helping students understand and master concepts. This system can develop all the potentials, capacities, and abilities of the human brain thus ensuring a higher level of creativity and thinking ability. This study aims to determine the role of mind mapping in improving systematic thinking in students at SMP Islam Hegarmanah. Data collection is carried out through the results of learning activities with the mind mapping method. The results showed that Mind Mapping can play an important role in improving systematic thinking skills in students. 

Development of children’s technical creativity through the implementation of a 3D modeling program in the supplementary education system

The problem of developing childrens technical creativity is not something entirely novel in pedagogical science. The theoretical foundations of childrens technical creativity were laid in research at the beginning of the last century. However, the changing conditions of modern life, where the pace of technological progress is reaching unprecedented levels, and the question of early involvement of future specialists in the interaction with new technologies becomes particularly important, make research on the involvement of children and adolescents in technical creativity relevant. Of particular interest is the activity of extracurricular educational organizations, which are entering a new stage of their development, actively implementing modern teaching and educational technologies, and expanding the number of educational programs in the field of technical creativity. In this regard, the study of issues related to the activities of educational organizations that actively utilize their potential for developing childrens and adolescents abilities in technical creativity becomes a relevant topic of research. The experience of such activities, carried out based on the licensed commercial organization Andromeda, is presented in the materials of this article. It provides the results of an experimental study, which is based on the formation of 3D modeling skills in children and adolescents.

FORMATION OF A NEW CONCEPT OF A HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKPLACE IN UKRAINE

A new concept of management of occupational health and safety management systems (hereinafter referred to as OHSMS) of the enterprise based on international standards ISO 45000 is proposed in order to develop a domestic concept of a healthy and safe workplace. To achieve the goal, a generalized heuristic method was applied, the essence of which consists in setting and solving problems of technical creativity through the use of common information bases, information processing procedures and the order of their execution based on the use of a linear sequence of prescriptions intended for information processing. It is established that the growth of the ISO 45000 series of standards "is closely related to the sustainable development of humanity and its global goals planned by the United Nations until 2030. In particular, the greatest attention was paid to "ensuring a healthy lifestyle and well-being of people of any age", as well as "promoting continuous, comprehensive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all", as well as the EU OHSMS framework strategy on 2021-2027. It is shown that in order to achieve the global goals planned by the UN until 2030 for the sustainable development of the world, and the framework strategy of the EU on OHSMS for 2021-2027, the standards of the ISO 45000 series provide tools for enterprises to plan strategic goals, which allow you to project them on the tactical, and especially on the operational level of the organization's activities with a special emphasis on ensuring and supporting the welfare of employees, which encourages the formation of a conscious attitude to their professional obligations. It was determined that for the synergy of the key goals-directions of the EU OHSMS Framework Strategy 2021-2027, a new model is proposed for the sustainable development of the organization, where there is an interrelationship of three components: economic, occupational safety and ecology, more typical for the organization, where the implementation tools are standards of the ISO 45000 series. The concept of a healthy and safe workplace in Ukraine has been developed with the corresponding standards of the ISO 45000 series, which includes not only a traditional safe physical environment, but also a healthy psychosocial environment, a safe epidemic environment, a safe infectious environment and a healthy lifestyle employee.

Renewing the Structure of Mustazad in Goran's poems

Mustazad as a poetic model, is not new in Kurdish literature. There are many classic Kurdish poets who wrote poems in the form of Al-Mustazad. Mullah Al-Jaziri was the first to organize a poetic in Mustazad in the history of Kurdish literature. But in the stage of renewal of Kurdish poetry after the First World War, Kurdish poets contributed to renewing the structure of the meter in terms of weight and rhymes and the formation of the different composition in terms of number and arrangement of verses and their component parts.
 The title of the research (Renewing the Structure of Mustazad in Goran's poems) is an attempt to show the characteristics of the techniques of renewal and creativity of Goran the poet, and renew the structure of Al-Mustazad at this stage.
 There is a clear gap in academic studies of literary theory of comparison to the creativity of Kurdish poets in this field. There are a number of studies that describe Mustazad among other poetic templates, but there is no specialized research in this poetic model to study the renewal techniques and creative attempts of the Kurdish poet.
 The research consists of two chapters: the first chapter is concerned with defining Mustazad and its techniques in both the classical and modern stages, while the second chapter is concerned with Goran's creative attempts in this regard. Through this research, the researcher reached to new results on which this poetic form was based.

Developing Professional Creativity of Teachers Based on Problem Based Learning (PBL)

The article determined the importance and problems of developing the professional creativity of teachers of professional educational institutions in professional training courses. Moreover, the article described the method of conducting practical training based on PBL, and as a result, the indicators of the evaluation criteria were given. The purpose of the article was the methodology of practical training organized on the basis of PBL to increase the professional creativity of teachers of professional education in training courses. Innovative-methodical projects were developed for improving teachers' professional creativity, and creative educational technologies and methods were used at each stage. Based on the mathematical and statistical analysis of the research, the types of personal and professional creativity of teachers were determined and the concept of professional creativity was revealed. A module aimed at enhancing the professional creativity of teachers was included in the curriculum of personnel retraining and professional development courses, and didactic support was developed with helping creative techniques and platforms which were helpful for assessing creative abilities of teachers. As a result, the professional creativity of teachers of vocational education was enhanced by 10%.

“Fundamentals of technical creativity” is mandatory discipline for all bachelors of technical higher education institutions

The history and results of many years of experience in the implementation of the disciplines "Fundamentals of Technical Creativity" (FTC) at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) are presented. The content of lectures and practical work on FTC, which for ten years were taught and performed with a creative form of knowledge transfer to future machine builders and their acquisition of competencies. The positive influence of the FTC discipline on the inventive activity of students to justify the teaching of the discipline, as mandatory, to all bachelors of technical institutions of higher education in Ukraine is illustrated by the example of the Department of Metal-Cutting Machines.

An Interview with Wei Ma on Audio Description Script Writing for Blind-Accessible Films in China

Abstract Blind-accessible films offer blind and visually impaired individuals the opportunity of enjoying a cinematic experience alongside the rest of the audience. Wei Ma is a member of the China Film and Television Association of Higher Education Institutions. His book, How to Make Blind-accessible Films in China, provides an overview of the evolution of blind-accessible films in Europe and the United States, elaborates on the growth and development of blind-accessible films in China, and provides a comprehensive exploration of the theory behind audio description (AD) and AD script-writing methods for blind-accessible films. In this interview, Ma Wei elaborates on blind-accessible film AD script-writing skills from both practical and theoretical perspectives and discusses some creative rules, methods, and techniques in AD. This interview was conducted online in January 2022 and is based on the final interview transcript in Chinese, which Wei Ma confirmed in May 2022.

Pediatric Panfacial Fractures.

Pediatric panfacial trauma is a rare occurrence with poorly understood implications for the growing child. Treatment algorithms largely mirror adult panfacial protocols with notable exceptions including augmented healing and remodeling capacities that favor nonoperative management, limited exposure to avoid disruption of osseous suture and synchondroses growth centers, and creative fracture fixation techniques in the setting of an immature craniomaxillofacial skeleton. The following article provides a review of our institutional philosophy in the management of these challenges injuries with important anatomic, epidemiologic, examination, sequencing, and postoperative considerations.

Ch'ixi Epistemology and The Potosí Principle in the 21st Century

Abstract The author focuses on the project exhibition, “The Potosí Principle,” curated by Alice Creischer, Max Hinderer, and Andreas Siekmann Initially installed in Madrid in 2010 and then traveling to Berlin and La Paz, the show cut across the institutionally defined and often rigorously guarded boundaries between curatorial practice, aesthetic expression, and scholarly research to explore global capitalism's dynamics from the perspective of the Spanish colonial empire and its distinctive imagery. However, despite the exhibition's creative installation techniques and revisionist history, it generated a considerable scandal when a self-organized group of La Paz-based artists and scholars committed to anticolonial practices accused the curators of continuing the logic through which the modern West has represented others. The author argues that this criticism parallels the often-fraught negotiations between artists, curators, and curated cultures at the boundary zones between art frameworks.

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The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate experiences of master’s students regarding children’s development of 21st century skills during preschool period in Türkiye. This is a phenomenological study. Purposeful sampling technique was applied in the forms of convenience sampling and criterion sampling. The data for this study was collected from four preschool teachers who were also master’s students attending the Department of Preschool Education at a university in ?zmir, Türkiye during spring 2021-2022. The data were collected through a Demographic Information Form and an Interview Form. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the participants using a semi-structured interview form, and the data were analysed through content analysis technique. Based on the participants’ experiences regarding the development of 21st century skills of preschool children, all participants’ stated creative thinking techniques as a 21st century skill, and all stated technology based activities as a way of developing children’s 21st century skills. All of them also expressed digital literacy skills of teachers as a teacher quality which develops students’ 21st century skills and expressed family control over children’s usage of technology as a responsibility of families. They all acknowledged that schools' technological infrastructure and conditions are often inadequate for teaching children 21st century skills, and suggested the preparation of an activity guide which teaches 21st century skills to children as a solution. The findings indicate that the participants have some knowledge regarding the development of 21st century skills in children and have designed activities based on this knowledge to help children acquire these skills during their preschool period. However, they faced certain difficulties while designing and implementing these activities. They also all emphasized their experiences regarding children’s acquisition of technological skills. This study aims to reveal the professional experiences of preschool teachers regarding the development of children's 21st century skills, explain the present situation and activities that teachers design, display difficulties encountered during teaching, and explain the needs of preschool teachers.   Key words: preschool period, 21st century skills, master’s students attending preschool education program, experiences.

The Effect of Play Supported with Creative Thinking Techniques on Children's Playfulness and Problem-Solving Ability

The Effect of Play Supported with Creative Thinking Techniques on Children's Playfulness and Problem-Solving Ability

Logistics of safe and stress-free epicardial access in the electrophysiology lab: creative percutaneous subxiphoid pericardiostomy

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Professor Nanthakumar is a recipient of the mid-career investigator award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Introduction Dry epicardial access (EA) into the virtual pericardial space carries a 6-25% risk of collateral damage to important adjacent structures including the right ventricle and the coronary and internal thoracic arteries.1 This renders conventional dry EA a potentially daunting and stressful undertaking. Separation of the parietal and visceral pericardial layers by CO2 insufflation has been described and may mitigate some risk , however even in experienced tertiary centres, injury to superior epigastric arteries, liver, stomach, and transverse colon, has been reported. Furthermore, insufflating the pericardial space may cause unwanted haemodynamic changes . There is thus the need for an approach that separates the pericardial layers and avoids injury to right ventricle and coronary arteries while also avoiding abdominal and thoracic structures by direct visualisation. Purpose We describe the logistics of a creative technique that combines percutaneous EA with a minimally-invasive subxiphoid pericardiostomy that can be done with a surgeon in the electrophysiology (EP) lab for the initial 20 minutes of the procedure. Methods We performed the procedure with a surgeon in 4 patients in a single tertiary centre. The procedure was done in the EP lab under general anaesthesia with standard surgical asepsis and IV cefazolin administered pre-operatively. The subxiphoid area is infiltrated with local anaesthesia. Following a limited 5cm midline incision, the linea alba is dissected exposing the preperitoneal fat but the peritoneal space is not entered. The lower sternum is retracted anteriorly to expose the diaphragm and cardiophrenic fat pad. The diaphragm is progressively sutured to the skin to bring the pericardium into view. A 0-silk suture is then used to tent the pericardium at which point an incision is made in the pericardium to create the window. The steerable sheath and pericardial drain are inserted in the standard over-the-wire percutaneous technique through separate adjacent punctures with direct pathway visualisation through the window. Following this, the surgical incision is closed, allowing the surgeon to leave, and mapping to ensue. Results The time from skin incision to pericardial drain insertion was 18±5 minutes. None of our patients had acute or delayed bleeding or adjacent organ injury peri-procedurally. The pericardial drain was removed within 12-24 hours. One patient had mild pericarditis that resolved after a short course of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. The subxiphoid wound healed well in all patients. Conclusions Percutaneous EA with easy entry into the pericardial space under direct visualisation and realtime monitoring via a pericardiostomy can be readily attained with surgical collaboration. We propose this as an alternative approach to EA, particularly in situations in which the percutaneous access will be challenging (e.g. obesity, or in presence of adhesions).

Gauging Ghanaian secondary visual arts teachers' levels of creativity: Four C trajectory of creativity

Drawing on the Four C Model of Creativity and Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT) as frameworks, the multi-site qualitative case study explored the creative practice of 16 Ghanaian secondary visual arts teachers in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, as the 2019 National Pre-Tertiary Curriculum Framework mandates creativity. The researchers used the interpretivist and constructivist paradigms for the study, which employed interviews, documents review and participant observations to gather data from eight secondary schools. The data were analysed using thematic analysis, with two categories of teachers emerging: teacher-practitioners and non-teacher-practitioners. The practising teachers were categorised under little-c and Pro-c—none fell within the Big-C category. Practising teachers were seen to be more successful in enacting creativity in their teaching practice, meeting the aims of the curriculum framework. We recommend that education providers and stakeholders should encourage the artistic practice of visual arts teachers and make it an integral part of professional practice.

Using the sand tray method as a reflective learning tool in social work practice education

ABSTRACT The article explains a creative technique I developed to reflect on cases in a sand tray during practice supervision. Sand has been used in play therapy since the early 20th century to help children and adults create a visual representation of their world for the purpose of healing personal trauma. I often used the technique in my earlier career as a direct work and life story work tool with children. The sand tray becomes a three-dimensional picture, which the therapist and child explore together. I learned it from an experienced play therapist who took me on my own journey through the sand. The pictures I made were powerful and helped me to explore personal/professional realms. The sand tray becomes an artifact, an object rich with significance and imagery that acts as a metaphor for its maker, providing opportunities to crystalize complex stories in our case work for examination. The article provides instructions for Practice Educators who would like to explore the technique with their students in practice supervision.

Analysis on the Design and Application of Bisection Illusion in the Shaping of Specific Shape

Bisection illusion is a combination of aesthetics and psychology. This concept is embodied in different degrees in modern clothing, but there is no specific and detailed collation and induction in some of the existing literature. It is also scarce to conduct researches that adopt this concept to a certain style of clothing. This paper deduces a bisection illusions theory that is applicable to all types from the concept of narrow segmentation, summarizes from the internal structure of modern clothing to external decoration, and sorts out a variety of latest forms of bisection illusion on clothing, which is a useful practice. It can be concluded that bisection illusion is a creative design technique that maximizes the power of formal beauty and reshaping. This technique came into being in clothing. It has a relative guiding effect on shaping a specific shape.

K(OIM) - A New Model of Creativity Based on the Concept of Knowledge Clusters

The World Economic Forum states that by 2025, the top five skills employers will be looking for are innovation, complex problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and originality. Looking at these qualities closely, one can argue that all these skills are somehow related to creativity itself. However, despite a myriad of publications, there are many myths and misconceptions about creativity. To date, there is no unique model that can assimilate all different views on creativity. The present work is an attempt to empirically create a new model of creativity called the “K(OIM) Model of Creativity". The concept of Knowledge Clusters, proposed by the author in his earlier work, is at the center of the K(OIM) model of creativity. The proposed creativity model is based on the three simple cognitive processes; O-observation, I-imagination, and M-manifestation operating under the influence of K-knowledge clusters. The author suggests that the knowledge clusters corrupt an individual's observation, limit the imagination, and inhibit the manifestation process and that the crux of creativity lies in the individual’s ability to control these knowledge clusters. The greater the control over knowledge clusters, the better is the creativity of individuals. The author further suggests that the creative contribution happens in five ways based on different combinations of stock of knowledge and knowledge clusters. Based on this, the difference between scientific and technical creativity (which comes from implicit knowledge), artistic and literary creativity (which comes from social knowledge and the knowledge clusters) and managerial creativity (which comes from the ability to effectively control knowledge clusters) has been explained for the first time in this paper.

Health and Well‐Being Special Issue

International Journal of Art & Design EducationVolume 42, Issue 2 p. 212-215 Editorial Health and Well-Being Special Issue Claire Penketh, Corresponding Author Claire Penketh [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorDeborah Riding, Deborah Riding [email protected] Search for more papers by this author Claire Penketh, Corresponding Author Claire Penketh [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorDeborah Riding, Deborah Riding [email protected] Search for more papers by this author First published: 14 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12463Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References All-Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (2017) Inquiry Report, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing. Available at: https://ncch.org.uk/uploads/Creative_Health_Inquiry_Report_2017_-_Second_Edition.pdf (Accessed 9 May 2023). Daykin, N., Atwood, M. & Willis, J. (2013) Supporting arts and health evaluation: report of a UK knowledge transfer partnership, Journal of Applied Arts and Health, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 179– 90. de la Pena, D., Jones Allen, D., Hester, R. T., Hou, J., Lawson, L. J. & McNally, J. (2017) Design as Democracy: Techniques for Collective Creativity. Washington, Covelo, London: Island Press. Fancourt, D. & Finn, S. (2019) What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 67 The World Health Organisation. Available at: https://www.artsandhealth.ie/research-evaluation/who-report-what-is-the-evidence-on-the-role-of-the-arts-in-improving-health-and-well-being-a-scoping-review/ (Accessed 9 May 2023). Fancourt, D., Warran, K. & Aughterson, H. (2020) Evidence summary for policy: The role of arts in improving health and wellbeing University College London Report to the Department of Digital Culture Media and Sport. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evidence-summary-for-policy-the-role-of-arts-in-improving-health-and-wellbeing (Accessed 9 May 2023). Moss, H. & O'Neill, D. (2019) The role of the curator in modern hospitals: a transcontinental perspective, The Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 40, pp. 85– 100. Moss, H., Donnellan, C. & O'Neill, D. (2012) A review of qualitative methodologies used to explore patient perceptions of arts and healthcare, The Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 38, pp. 106– 9. Thomson, L. J. & Chatterjee, H. J. (2022) Heritage, creativity and wellbeing: approaches for evaluating the impact of cultural participation using the UCL museum wellbeing measures, in P. Everill & K. Burnell [Eds] Archaeology, Heritage and Wellbeing: Authentic, Powerful and Therapeutic Engagement with the Past. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 61– 87. World Health Organisation (2023) Mental Health. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response (Accessed 9 May 2023). Volume42, Issue2Special Issue: Health and Well‐beingMay 2023Pages 212-215 ReferencesRelatedInformation