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Enhancing the creative process for learning in primary technology education
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posted on 2006-09-01, 00:00 authored by Alistair Webster, Coral Campbell, B JaneWhen undertaking design and technology activities, children are provided with opportunities to create solutions to problems in new and innovative ways. The mental processes involved in the generation of new ideas may be enhanced when children’s attention is not focussed and is allowed to wander in a relaxed and uncompetitive environment. Research indicates that the two mental states, generative and non-generative, cannot exist simultaneously. This paper reports on a research project which investigated the impact on children’s thinking when a period of non-focussed thinking became part of the technology process. The results support the previous proposition that a child’s non-generative/analytical mental state needs to give way to a generative state so that a child can be more fully creative. Moreover, from this study that documented children’s ideas during their involvement in a design and technology activity, teachers are urged to provide an incubation period as part of the technological process in the classroom, so that children’s creativity can be fostered.
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International journal of technology and design educationVolume
16Issue
3Pagination
221 - 235Publisher
Trentham BooksLocation
Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandPublisher DOI
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0957-7572eISSN
1573-1804Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2006, SpringerUsage metrics
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