Above is an image which visually highlights some of the
elements within creativity that teachers are able to mark against. This is
intriguing as I have never heard of the differing elements of creativity or the
differing ways to assess them.
This process of measuring a student’s creativity was coined
by psychologist J.P Guilford in the 1950’s. He established a list of elements
that were attributes of creative thought that could be measured. These elements
are Fluency, Novelty (originality), Flexibility, Synthesis, Analysis,
Reorganisation or redefinition of ideas, Degree of complexity (elaboration),
and Evaluation. The image above clearly depicts four of the elements which I
will be focusing on, Fluency, flexibility, Novelty, and complexity.
Fluency is determined as crucial to creativity. Khandwalla
(2004) states that Associate thinking work is normally seen in when someone is
displaying fluent creativity which associates and generally links one idea are
to another. This can be seen clearly in
the pictures that Anna has drawing. Anna’s consistent idea of faces is
connected but each face depicts different emotions.
Benji has depicted three completely varied ideas. He is
attributed to having high creativity flexibility. Khandwalla (2004), states
that according to Guilford
flexibility is the capability for a change of some kind whether it is a change
in meaning or interpretation. A high creativity flexibility encompasses the
inclusion of being able to see problems and solutions from different
perspectives.
Darlene’s pictures depicts someone with a high originality
creative, her ideas were not typical or conventional. When presented with a
circle the majority will draw a face or a wheel. Darlene was able to think
outside of the box and depict something that is not typical in your everyday
life. People tend not to seek for original ideas as a solution as ‘people tend
to search for solutions in conventional or usual direction’ (Khandwalla, 2004).
Eric’s depictions epitomize the creative complexity as he
has included a lot more detail and information in his drawings. He has the
‘ability to develop more fully the potential of an idea’ (Khandwalla, 2004).
However all these elements of creativity can be further
developed and practiced.
References
Khandwalla, D. N. (2004). Life long creativity: An unending quest. Tata Mcgraw-Hill Publishing company
Limited.
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