Overview
Lecturer
Ioana Cristina Todor
Seminar tutor
Ioana Cristina Todor
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences
Field of study
Pedagogy of primary and preschool education
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification, debate, case studies
Aims
To describe the forms of creativity and their importance in everyday life
To describe the main theories and models of creativity
To Identify variables that significantly influence the creativity of preschoolers and primary school students
To identify didactic strategies that stimulate creativity in various group ages
To design didactic activities that promote creative thinking
Course contents
1. Creativity: conceptual delimitation, creativity in various fields of life (science, art, organizational etc)
2. Levels, dimensions and criteria of appreciation of creativity / creative product. Creativity as a process
3. Theories of creativity (psychoanalytic, associationist, gestalt, behaviorist, humanist, multifactorial theories, cognitive models)
4. Variables that influence creative performance (individual, socio-cultural, contextual)
5. Forms of creativity (individual and collective, scientific, technical, artistic, organizational, etc.)
6. Evaluating creativity
7. Stimulating creativity
Learning outcomes
• conducting the teaching and learning process in preschool and primary school
• counselling and psycho-pedagogical support for various educational groups
• cooperation in interdisciplinary teams in order to carry out programs and projects in education
• life-long learning
Assessment
Written paper – 60%; Continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Out of our minds: learning to be creative
Robinson, K.
Capstone, Oxford, 2011 · xx
Encouraging Creativity in Children
Starke, K.
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed For Quick Review, 78, 4, 2012 · 57-59
Encyclopedia of Creativity
Runco, and S.R. Pritzker (Eds.)
Academic Press, San Diego, 2011 · xx
A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy: An Overview
Krathwohl, D. R.
Theory Into Practice, 41, 4, 2002 · 212-18
Drawing Breath: Creative Elements and Their Exile from Higher Education
Phipps, A.
An International Journal Of Theory, Arts And Humanities In Higher Education: esearch And Practice, 9, 1, 2010 · 42-53