Developing Design through a Creative Problem‐Solving Process: A Group Community Art Project

Abstract

For the past few years, creativity has gradually become an important element in the national cultivation of talent in Taiwan. Although traditionally art education is closely linked with creativity, the academic research on general art education is very insufficient. Therefore, the goal of this research is to investigate how creativity could be cultivated in curriculum planning for general art education at technology universities as well as what students’ learning process was when they participated in a course's creative activity. The research applied the theory and steps of creative problem‐solving (CPS) on a general art course to design a group practical activity combining with the local community. This involved converting the steps of creative problem‐solving into different stages of group design activities with the goal of constructing a design process equivalent to the process of problem‐solving. The main research results revealed that students could experience the problem‐solving process through group design activities and develop their divergent and convergent thinking at the same time. Moreover, the cooperative learning model is the most appropriate teaching strategy for students from non‐art‐related departments when cultivating their creativity.

Social-venture planning: liberal arts programme to enhance undergraduates’ creative problem-solving competency / La planificación de emprendimiento social: un programa de artes liberales para fomentar las competencias de resolución creativa de problemas de los estudiantes universitarios

“…Previous CPS studies have tackled real-life problems at different levels, from personal to group issues (e.g., Buijs et al, 2009; Puccio et al, 2000; Sousa et al, 2013). CPS has also been applied to curriculum-related matters in the context of science, statistics and art education (e.g., Güven & Alpaslan, 2022; Hsieh, 2017; Hu et al, 2017). Additionally, problems of industrial organization and commercial tasks have also been encompassed within the purview of CPS research (Basadur et al, 1982; Medeiros et al, 2014).…”

“…Estudios previos sobre la RCP abordan problemas reales a distintos niveles, desde cuestiones personales a problemas grupales (e.g., Buijs et al, 2009; Puccio et al, 2000; Sousa et al, 2013). La RCP también se ha aplicado a temas curriculares en el contexto de la educación científica, estadística y artística (e.g., Güven & Alpaslan, 2022; Hsieh, 2017; Hu et al, 2017). Asimismo, ciertos aspectos de la organización de actividades industriales y comerciales también se han incluido en la esfera de la investigación sobre la RCP (Basadur et al, 1982; Medeiros et al, 2014).…”

Studi Literatur: Creative Problem Solving terhadap kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan pemecahan masalah matematis siswa

“…Masih menurut mereka, Creative Problem Solving adalah model operasional yang terdiri dari tiga komponen utama yaitu memahami masalah, menghasilkan ide, dan perencanaan sebuah aksi (Čančer, 2014). Creative Problem Solving adalah sebuah proses, metode, atau sistem untuk mendekati masalah dengan cara yang imajinatif dan menghasilkan tindakan yang efektif (Mitchell & Kowalik, 1999;Hsieh, 2017). Creative Problem Solving adalah sebuah mindset yang membawa seseorang ataupun kelompok berpikir positif untuk mencari jalan keluar dari permasalahan dan menghasilkan jalan keluar yang akan mencegah munculnya masalah baru (Chang & Chang, 2019).…”

Practical Application of Professional Group Curriculum Resource Library in Art Design Teaching

“…With the continuous development of information technology, "Internet+Education" has become a new educational trend. This model is characterized by interactivity, digitization, and intelligence and promotes the growth of education informatization [5][6]. In this context, the art and design majors in colleges and universities can adapt to the development needs of the times by building a shared teaching resource base [7].…”