Newsweek magazine recently published an article that reported on a longitudinal study designed to measure creativity in the U.S (http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html). Using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as their rubric they reported a steady drop in creativity from 1990 forward. For 30 years prior the index showed an increase. In the late 1970's, when I was director of the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, we used the Torrance Tests as an evaluative tool in a program for middle … [Read more...]
Arts Entrepreneurship — Idea Development Processes
July 16, 2010 By 4 Comments
My last blog entry described 4 types of idea development. This rubric is helpful to me (and perhaps to others) who are working with students on the idea formation process. However, it doesn't get to the essential pedagogical challenge, that of what projects and activities to construct that will ignite students' imaginations and constructive processes. In working with my students at Drexel, I've begun to understand that there may be overarching idea development processes that are new to their and nearby generations. This … [Read more...]
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