Chinese Take-Out Menu Lesson

Problem solving v. problem definition

Moving from teacher-centered to student-centered learning

The creative aspects of planning a lesson – share

the fun!

Aspects of creative problem solving:

Creative visualization

Creative Invention

Conceptual Synthesis

Structured Imagination

Insight, fixation, incubation

Creative visualization

Combination play

Creative Invention

Function follows form

Conceptual Synthesis

Creative discovery - metaphor

Structured Imagination

Classification of forms

Insight, fixation, incubation

Forgetting for awhile often

leads to new ideas

ShapesSquaresCircles

TrianglesBlobsFacesKeysTools

Car parts______________

Same sizeMulti-sized

Different angles

OverlappingNot

touching90o turnsAlternating

2 shapes_________

__________

Monochromatic

Primary

Secondary

Complementary

Analogous

Warm/cool

____________________

Glued

Stapled

Sewn

Brads

Tape

Drawn

Painted

PaintingDrawing

Sculpture

Photography

Installation

Computer graphicKineticPrint

________

Resources

Brooks, G.B., Brooks, M.G. (1993) In search of understanding: The case for constructivist classrooms, Alexandria, VA: ASCD Press

Czikzentmihalyi, M. (1988). Society, culture and person: A systems view of creativity in R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), The nature of creativity: Contemporary psychological perspectives (pp. 325-339). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press

Finke, R. A., Ward, T. B., Smith, S. M, (1992) Creative cognition: Theory, research and applications, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Kosslyn, S. M., Reiser, B. J ., Farah, M.J. and Fliegel, S. L. (1983) Generating visual images: Units and relations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Gnereal, 112, 278-303.

Perkins, D. N., (1981) The mind’s best work. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press