Use Of Creative Techniques Research Articles

Применение техник актерского мастерства в условиях формального обучения как часть творческого потенциала будущего учителя начальных классов

This article examines the influence of art and creativity in the process of formal education among undergraduate students of primary education. The use of creative techniques can be the key, which is necessary in the learning process to create conditions for organizing joint teaching activities of the teacher and independent work of students during formal education. The result can be in stimulating creative work, increasing students’ self-esteem and self-awareness, and gaining individuality. Traditional forms of teaching, including lectures and PowerPoint presentations, are no longer sufficient to adequately engage the younger generation in the digital age. So teachers need teaching methods that can engage students in real group settings and simultaneously be tested and approved. The subject of creativity in this study is acting techniques developed by teachers, directors of theatrical work, such as Stanislavsky K.S., Strasberg L., and Chekhov M.A., whose techniques were subjected to our study in the article. The techniques were studied, processed and applied within the framework of the discipline “Children’s Literature with a Workshop on Expressive Reading” in the context of formal education. To conduct research within the framework of the above discipline, practical tasks and SIW based on acting techniques were developed. The problems that students have encountered or will face when they begin to conduct pedagogical activities are indicated. Conclusions and ways of solving problems on the way of becoming future primary school teachers are proposed.

Артлоготерапия в образовательных практиках: становление профессиональной и смысложизненной ориентаций личности подростка

Background. Issues of adolescents’ self-determination in the process of their formation are of particular importance, since their solution determines success and competitiveness in adulthood. In this regard, the development and implementation of programs aimed at research and formation of professional and life meaning orientations is in demand by the specialists in educational and psychological practice. Objective. The study had its purpose to assess the effectiveness of art-logotherapeutic methods in the formation of professional and life meaning orientations of adolescent personality. Study Participants. The study involved 50 adolescents (26 boys and 24 girls) aged 13 to 15 years (M age = 14.04; SD = 0.84) from the general education schools of Krasnogorsk (Moscow region). Methods. The study consisted of diagnostic and experimental (forming) stages. The diagnostics included “Life Meaning Orientations Test” by D.A. Leontiev, “Questionnaire of professional self-determination” by G.V. Rezapkina, “Motives for choosing a profession” by R.V. Ovcharova. The experimental group was engaged into vocational guidance and professional orientation classes using art-logotherapy techniques (8 classes of 2 hours each). Student's t-test was implemented for the statistical analysis of obtained results. Results. The implementation of the program “Creativity, profession, meanings” including art-logotherapy techniques in the experimental group led to a statistically significant increase in the level of life meaningfulness, the ability to control their life events and make important decisions. The use of creative techniques helped teenagers to change their ideas about certain aspects of professional life, adjust their primary professional choice, and also increase the priority of internal individual motivation when choosing a future career. Conclusions. Art-logotherapy is an effective method that can be recommended for practice with adolescents to develop their professional and life meaning orientations.

Education and digitalization, the path to a more sustainable, resilient and secure society

Abstract The world experience proves that the development of the innovational society is directly linked to the concept of human capital through the development of the sectors where the accumulation of human capital takes place and primarily in the sphere of education and science. This paper is an exploratory research based on the analysis of macroeconomic indicators on digital performance, highlighting the progress made in terms of digital competitiveness, as well as on the digital framework and systemic conditions for education. The educational system is in a continuous dynamic; to cope with changes, this system is forced to make intensive use of creative techniques at all levels of it. However, in this context, many teachers are concerned about standardised processes and tests, compared to creative ones. Creativity has been and is combined with science: art and technology turn people’s ideas into facts. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the importance of innovation for growth (especially economic growth) was recognized, but the question of non-technological innovation is also raised. To this end, consideration was given to the processing and systematisation of secondary data taken from official reports prepared and published by the European Commission. Thus, we refer to the reports of the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) and the Human Capital Index (HCI) with reference to Romania, in the time horizon 2018-2020. The DESI 2020 reports are based on 2019 data. The UK is still included in the DESI 2020 and the EU averages are calculated for 28 member states. The DESI has been recalculated for previous years to reflect changes in the choice of indicators and corrections to the data. Human capital is a key trigger for sustainable, inclusive economic growth, but investment in health and education has not received the well-deserved attention. The index establishes a direct link between improved outcomes in health and education, productivity and economic growth.

Social Buffering as a Tool for Improving Rodent Welfare.

The presence of a conspecific can be calming to some species of animal during stress, a phenomenon known as social buffering. For rodents, social buffering can reduce the perception of and reaction to aversive experiences. With a companion, animals may be less frightened in conditioned fear paradigms, experience faster wound healing, show reduced corticosterone responses to novelty, and become more resilient to everyday stressors like cage-cleaning. Social buffering works in diverse ways across species and life stages. For example, social buffering may rely on specific bonds and interactions between individuals, whereas in other cases, the mere presence of conspecific cues may reduce isolation stress. Social buffering has diverse practical applications for enhancing rodent wellbeing (some of which can be immediately applied, while others need further development via welfare-oriented research). Appropriate social housing will generally increase rodents' abilities to cope with challenges, with affiliative cage mates being the most effective buffers. Thus, when rodents are scheduled to experience distressing research procedures, ensuring that their home lives supply high degrees of affiliative, low stress social contact can be an effective refinement. Furthermore, social buffering research illustrates the stress of acute isolation: stressors experienced outside the cage may thus be less impactful if a companion is present. If a companion cannot be provided for subjects exposed to out-of-cage stressors, odors from unstressed animals can help ameliorate stress, as can proxies such as pieces of synthetic fur. Finally, in cases involving conditioned fear (the learned expectation of harm), newly providing social contact during exposure to negative conditioned stimuli (CS) can modify the CS such that for research rodents repeatedly exposed to aversive stimuli, adding conspecific contact can reduce their conditioned fear. Ultimately, these benefits of social buffering should inspire the use of creative techniques to reduce the impact of stressful procedures on laboratory rodents, so enhancing their welfare.

The Use of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Techniques Creatively in the Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) is a serious condition impacting up to 21 percent of woman after the birth of a child (Byrnes, 2018). Jane, a 32-year-old female presented for treatment for anxiety, depression and mood disturbance (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and in need of feeling more connected to her baby and her life. The use of creative techniques including mindfulness, distress tolerance activity, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills (Linehan, 2015, 2016) were implemented. The use of these skills can be added to the repertoire of practice of a mental health counselor working with clients with PMADs.

The Use of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Techniques Creatively in the Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) is a serious condition impacting up to 21 percent of woman after the birth of a child (Byrnes, 2018). Jane, a 32-year-old female presented for treatment for anxiety, depression and mood disturbance (5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and in need of feeling more connected to her baby and her life. The use of creative techniques including mindfulness, distress tolerance activity, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills (Linehan, 2015, 2016) were implemented. The use of these skills can be added to the repertoire of practice of a mental health counselor working with clients with PMADs.

Ways of Detection of Creative Accounting in a Global Economy

Research background: Any entity operating in a global economic environment is required to conduct an accounting agenda in such a way that its financial statements are prepared in a clear, comprehensible manner and adhere to the accounting principle of fair and true presentation of accounting facts as it serves as a source of information for internal and other external entities using this information in its economic decision-making. It is the principle of accurate and true presentation of accounting information that plays an important role in the field of creative accounting, in which the accounting data is adjusted or manipulated to the desired form. Purpose of the article: The main goal of this paper is to point out the issue of creative accounting and the possibility of its detection using selected models. Methods: The methodological part is focused on the application of the Beneish model and CFEBT model assuming the use of creative techniques in the period 2016-2020. Findings & Value added: The summary of the results of the analysis thus points to the use of creative accounting in a given accounting entity according to the Beneish model and CFEBT model, but this accounting entity, despite its use, did not violate the principle of a true and fair representation of the accounting reality.

Interviews with creative techniques: research with Russian-speaking migrant pupils

ABSTRACT This paper explores the use of creative techniques in a study of the experiences of Russian-speaking linguistic-minority migrant children in English state-funded primary schools at Key Stage Two (7-11 years old). The methodology is based on an interpretative paradigm using a qualitative research approach: a longitudinal multiple-case study with four embedded cases (each case representing one pupil). Focusing on specific examples from the research, the paper considers the benefits of using creative techniques within interviews to generate unique data with linguistic-minority pupils, the constraints of the techniques, and possible solutions for these. The cyclic (i.e. rounds of repeated interviews) research design, which focused on the processes of change, called for systematic alternation of the techniques. I demonstrate the unique integration of board games (the ‘interview-through-game’) and the ‘filling-in exercise’ in the interviews. This enabled a continuous adjustment of the techniques by me and by the children, retaining both the systematicity and flexibility (or constraint and emergence) of the creative techniques’ development and application. This design helped to reveal the experiences/issues of the participating children, which would otherwise be challenging to explore using other methods.

Utilizing Creativity to Foster Connection in Online Counseling Supervision

ABSTRACT Online counseling programs are often viewed as less effective due to the lack of face-to-face interaction; however, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) continues to see a rise in universities offering online and distance education programs within our field. Cultivating online student-faculty engagement in supervision through the use of creative techniques is vital to facilitate personal growth, enhance professional development, and increase self-awareness for counselors-in-training (CITs). In this article, an expressive arts technique, a digital creative writing collage, and pictured miniatures with mindfulness are presented as three creative approaches that can be infused during online supervision. For further application, supervision case examples are provided for each technique.

Algorithm for Temple Reconstruction With Consideration of Anatomic and Defect Characteristics.

The temple is an intriguing region of the face with unique anatomic features, such as the temporal hairline, concave contour, and close proximity to vital structures like the frontal branch of the facial nerve. However, cancerous skin lesions can plague this sun-exposed region and, when excised, it can result in large and significant defects. Reconstruction in this area is a formidable challenge for surgeons, as it requires comprehensive knowledge of temple morphology and the use of creative techniques in order to minimize disruption of surrounding functional and aesthetic structures. In this study, we describe our experience with temple reconstruction in patients of varying defect size and depth. Based on these defect characteristics, anatomic and aesthetic principles of the temple, we propose a surgical algorithm for temple reconstruction to aid surgeons in achieving optimal results.

Guide to build YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot for children

Abstract YOLO is a non-anthropomorphic social robot designed to stimulate creativity in children. This robot was envisioned to be used by children during free-play where they use the robot as a character for the stories they create. During play, YOLO makes use of creativity techniques that promote the creation of new story-lines. Therefore, the robot serves as a tool that has the potential to stimulate creativity in children during the interaction. Particularly, YOLO can stimulate divergent and convergent thinking for story creations. Additionally, YOLO can have different personalities, providing it with socially intelligent and engaging behaviors. This work provides open-source and open-access of YOLO’s hardware. The design of the robot was guided by psychological theories and models on creativity, design research including user-centered design practices with children, and informed by expert working in the field of creativity. Specifically, we relied on established theories of personality to inform the social behavior of the robot, and on theories of creativity to design creativity stimulating behaviors. Our design decisions were then based on design fieldwork with children. The end product is a robot that communicates using non-verbal expressive modalities (lights and movements) equipped with sensors that detect the playful behaviors of children. YOLO has the potential to be used as a research tool for academic studies, and as a toy for the community to engage in personal fabrication. The overall benefit of this proposed hardware is that it is open-source, less expensive than existing ones, and one that children can build by themselves under expert supervision.

The use of creative techniques in the engineering human resources development

Starting from the role of new technologies in the development of engineering innovation, this paperwork has two main research directions with respect to creativity and innovation in engineering education. These are based on a combination of creative techniques with traditional engineering education methods. The first component of our research presented herein aims the use of creative methods such as Creative Training and Image Streaming, and the second component of the research statistically analyses the Social Media posts regarding the use of Cloud Computing technology as a support for innovation. The aim of combining such lines of research will lead to the emergence of specific knowledge needed to identify and implement new creative techniques in engineering human resources. Applying such creativity techniques within groups of students can result in innovative ideas usable in ongoing research projects, in certain deadlock situations on finding critical solutions to overcome blockages.

Low-Cost α+β PM Ti Alloys by Fe/Ni Addition to Pure Ti

Ti and its alloys can deliver a very interesting combination of properties such as low density, high strength, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility and, therefore, are very flexible materials which can be adapted to various applications. Nonetheless, Ti and Ti alloys are only employed in critical applications (i.e. aeronautical and aerospace, nautical, medical, etc.) or in products for leisure. In both of these cases the higher fabrication costs of Ti in comparison to its competitors (i.e. steel and aluminium) is not the limiting factor as it is for many structural applications, especially for mass production (i.e. automotive sector). The use of creative techniques and the decrement of the starting price of Ti have been identified as the two main routes to follow to decrease the fabrication costs. In this study, the production of low-cost α+β Ti alloys has been assessed by combining the addition of cheap alloying elements (in particular a Fe/Ni powder) with the classical powder metallurgy route (pressing and sintering). Physical and mechanical properties as well as microstructural analysis of these low-cost alloys were measured and correlated to the processing parameters used to sinter them. It is found that the low-cost Ti alloys show similar behaviour to conventional α+β Ti alloys and, thus, have the potential to be used for non-critical applications.

РОЗВИТОК ЛІТЕРАТУРНО-ТВОРЧИХ ЗДІБНОСТЕЙ УЧНІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ ЗАСОБАМИ ТРВЗ

The modernization of the education system in Ukraine, changing its guidelines on child development as individuals, forming intellectual potential and ensure continuous improvement, requires changes in the system of modern elementary education. TRIZ Technology - a new tool for creative thinking adults and children. In this article we aim to analyze and summarize theoretical principles TRIZ use of technology in the classroom for readings of literary and creative abilities of elementary school students.The nature of TRIZ technology is analyzed, the means of cognitive and creative abilities in the learning process by methods of TRIZ are described, compared TRIZ with technology of developing training, described the possibility of using adapted TRIZ methods for younger students; found that the introduction of TRIZ in primary education contributes to solving the problem of their qualitative influence on the content, methods and forms of organization of education, and create conditions for the educational process of an elementary school.Creative imagination and fantasy - important personality. Regular use of creative techniques daydreaming in the classroom readings and class work with elementary school students create all conditions for their imagination, creative thinking, the ability to create a creative product. Thus the use of elements of systems thinking TRIZ the lessons of literary reading and Ukrainian languages in elementary school promotes the development of skills of elementary school students to unconventional and original problem solving new problems and situations based on intuitive thinking and creative imagination. Prospects for future research is to study the development of figurative speech of primary school facilities TRIZ.

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Creativity is the human ability to think, modify, discover and create something. Creativity in the scientific world and the general public is common term. In reality, creativity and human life are two different things, but inseparable, thus affecting and closely correlated. Life and civilization will stagnate and vacuum without creativity. Creativity always presents and appears in the rhythm of space and time as the level of thinking and the human needs. Problems faced by higher education in Indonesia today is the low creativity of both students and lecturers. Those are caused by: (1) creativity is not taught in higher education, (2) the creativity of students is less supported by parents, (3) the leader of higher education considers creativity as a means of damaging the system or existing products, and (4) the routines of lectures and students. In order to develop creativity in higher education, then the leader and lecturers should eliminate bad habits in destroying the creativity of subordinates and students, parents should continue the natural talent of the child, select the child’s social environment, minimize punishment, and do not curb excessively child to “do“ something. Ways that can be taken to intensify creativity in higher education including by the use of creative techniques based practical such as: brainstorming, incubator method, and the method of mapping the mind

Factors Influencing the Adoption and Effective Use of Creativity Techniques in Business Settings: An Exploratory Study

:Using creativity techniques is a common way to promote innovation in engineering; however, little is known about the factors influencing the adoption and use of creativity techniques by individuals. This study explores this topic through interviews with four professionals who are knowledgeable and experienced in using creativity techniques in the real business world. Factors influencing the adoption and effective use of creativity techniques are identified. These factors should be managed for better innovation outcomes, while some factors lead to research questions that deserve further investigation.

The effects of an expressive arts therapy group on female counselors-in-training: A qualitative study

The current study sought to explore the effects of an expressive arts therapy group on female counselors-in-training. The current study involved six female counseling graduate students participating in an expressive arts group. Various expressive arts activities were introduced across 13 weeks. Group members recorded their experiences from the group experience weekly in a reflective journal. Using qualitative methods the results indicated that (1) the group progressed through group stages; (2) the outcome of participating in expressive arts activities was consistent with previous research on the benefits of expressive arts therapies; and (3) female counselors-in-training noted counselor development effects as found in previous research. The results from the current study lend itself to promoting an optimum counselor training model and use of creative techniques in counselor development.

Creative User-Centered Visualization Design for Energy Analysts and Modelers

We enhance a user-centered design process with techniques that deliberately promote creativity to identify opportunities for the visualization of data generated by a major energy supplier. Visualization prototypes developed in this way prove effective in a situation whereby data sets are largely unknown and requirements open - enabling successful exploration of possibilities for visualization in Smart Home data analysis. The process gives rise to novel designs and design metaphors including data sculpting. It suggests: that the deliberate use of creativity techniques with data stakeholders is likely to contribute to successful, novel and effective solutions; that being explicit about creativity may contribute to designers developing creative solutions; that using creativity techniques early in the design process may result in a creative approach persisting throughout the process. The work constitutes the first systematic visualization design for a data rich source that will be increasingly important to energy suppliers and consumers as Smart Meter technology is widely deployed. It is novel in explicitly employing creativity techniques at the requirements stage of visualization design and development, paving the way for further use and study of creativity methods in visualization design.

Cinematherapy in the day hospital treatment of patients with eating disorders. Case study and clinical considerations

This paper described the application of cinematherapy in the context of an intensive day hospital treatment program for patients with eating disorders (EDs) for a 40-year-old woman (L.) with a diagnosis of binge-purging anorexia nervosa (AN). The treatment of EDs is complex and still not completely defined. On one hand it is necessary to treat symptoms and on the other hand the use of creative techniques in addition to psychotherapy could be useful to improve skills concerning the experience, recognition and description of patients’ emotions. Moreover their ability to think using metaphors and to give a meaning both to illness and treatment could be also improved. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.

A new approach to collaborative creativity support of new product designers

Effective collaborative creativity is crucial to contemporary professionals who have to continuously produce innovative products and services. The technological nature and complexity of the innovations require team work, among specialists from different disciplines. Often these teams work in a distributed fashion, across boundaries of time and place. Therefore, they need electronic |spaces| that support (|afford|) their creative collaboration. Co-creativity support is not only a matter of making appropriate groupware spaces available but also of providing concurrent support in all these dimensions. These considerations inspired the development of the idSpace platform. idSpace is a collaboration platform integrating a variety of creativity tools with pedagogy-based guidance. It aims to optimise both the use of creativity techniques themselves and of the supporting processes of team collaboration and knowledge creation. In this paper, we zoom in on knowledge-sharing strategies for collaborative creativity (KS4CC). We show how collaborative creativity can be enhanced via integration of pattern-based pedagogical flow support, including suggestions of optimal use of creativity techniques. The KS4CC strategies consist of a merger of learning and collaboration flow patterns with support for the application of creative techniques.