Chinese Take-Out Menu Lesson
Problem solving v. problem definition
Moving from teacher-centered to student-centered learning
The creative aspects of planning a lesson – share
the fun!
Aspects of creative problem solving:
Creative visualization
Creative Invention
Conceptual Synthesis
Structured Imagination
Insight, fixation, incubation
Creative visualization
Combination play
Creative Invention
Function follows form
Conceptual Synthesis
Creative discovery - metaphor
Structured Imagination
Classification of forms
Insight, fixation, incubation
Forgetting for awhile often
leads to new ideas
ShapesSquaresCircles
TrianglesBlobsFacesKeysTools
Car parts______________
Same sizeMulti-sized
Different angles
OverlappingNot
touching90o turnsAlternating
2 shapes_________
__________
Monochromatic
Primary
Secondary
Complementary
Analogous
Warm/cool
____________________
Glued
Stapled
Sewn
Brads
Tape
Drawn
Painted
PaintingDrawing
Sculpture
Photography
Installation
Computer graphicKineticPrint
________
Resources
Brooks, G.B., Brooks, M.G. (1993) In search of understanding: The case for constructivist classrooms, Alexandria, VA: ASCD Press
Czikzentmihalyi, M. (1988). Society, culture and person: A systems view of creativity in R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), The nature of creativity: Contemporary psychological perspectives (pp. 325-339). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press
Finke, R. A., Ward, T. B., Smith, S. M, (1992) Creative cognition: Theory, research and applications, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Kosslyn, S. M., Reiser, B. J ., Farah, M.J. and Fliegel, S. L. (1983) Generating visual images: Units and relations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Gnereal, 112, 278-303.
Perkins, D. N., (1981) The mind’s best work. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
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