Creativity in Technology Education: Providing Children with Glimpses of Their Inventive Potential

Autor/in	Lewis, Theodore
Titel	Creativity in Technology Education: Providing Children with Glimpses of Their Inventive Potential
Quelle	In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 19 (2009) 3, S.255-268 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-7572
DOI	10.1007/s10798-008-9051-y
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Problem Solving; Creative Thinking; Technology Education; Educational Principles; Curriculum Development; Elementary Secondary Education; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Problemlösen; Kreatives Denken; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsprinzip; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	This article examines the claims of the school subject technology education (called Design and Technology in some countries) as a vehicle for inculcating creativity in the curriculum, by introducing children to the world of problem solving and invention. Core foundational underpinnings of the subject are explored, including its hands-on nature, its open-endedness, and its encouragement of generative cognitive processes. Issues relating to the teaching of problem solving are discussed. Examples of curricular approaches to the subject are set forth and their merits as bases for encouraging creative thinking are examined. Research on creativity in the subject is reflected upon briefly. The paper concludes by offering problem solving; and analogical, metaphorical, combination, and divergent thinking, as possible bases for pedagogy in technology education, and calls attention to the subject as a possible fruitful area of research based on creativity in the school curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10