The Status of Research on Creativity and Design in Technology Education

1. The Status of Research on Creativity and Design in Technology Education Presented on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the ITEA Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina by: Dr. Scott A. Warner, IDSA Associate Professor Department of Industry and Technology Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, Pennsylvania

2. Setting the Stage • This presentation is based on the findings of a chapter I wrote for the 2010 CTTE Yearbook on The Status of Research in Technology Education • The findings represent a combination of a literature review and an analysis I did of the literature in the technology education profession • My goal was to provide readers with a conceptual framework for what has been researched, and what could be researched still, about creativity and design in technology education

3. Defining the Terms - Creativity

4. Defining the Terms - Design

5. Why are Creativity and Design So Important?

6. The Origins of Human Creativity

7. The Research on Creativity

8. Creativity Research Methods

9. Creativity Research Critiques Vs.

10. Examining Design

11. Characteristics of Designerly Thinking

12. Characteristics of a Design Based Approach to Teaching & Learning • Open-Ended • Authentic • Integrated • Responsive • Values-Oriented

13. Researching Design Thinking

14. Research on Creativity and Design in Technology Education • An examination of the frequency of identified terms in the titles of articles from two Technology Education journals (1989-2008) • An examination of the frequency of identified terms in the titles of graduate research studies (1998-2005)

15. Scanning the Literature • Key Words or Terms • Creative and/or Creativity • Design • Problem Solving • Innovation • Invention

16. Creativity and Design in the Technology Education Literature • 350 articles examined in TTT • 34 contained one or more search terms • Almost 10% of the articles had some overt acknowledgement of creativity and design • 145 articles examined in JTE • 31 contained one or more search terms • 18 were readily identified as having a research focus • 21% of the articles had some overt acknowledgement of creativity and design • Having a total percentage of 13% of the conversation focused on creativity and design is excellent when compared to the findings of Sternberg and Lubart (1999)

17. Scanning the Graduate Research

18. Taking a Global Perspective

19. Selected Examples of Research on Creativity and Design in Technology Education

20. The Identified Areas of Research on Creativity and Design • 1) Definitions of the terms creativity and design, • 2) Explanations as to why having a command of creativity and design will have increasing importance in the 21st century, • 3) Examinations of the biological, mental, and environmental factors influencing creativity and design, • 4) Status of research on creativity in the literature of psychology, • 5) Creativity research methods and their critiques, • 6) Historical examination of design, • 7) Nature of the designerly way of thinking and its role in education, • 8) Defining characteristics of design-based education, • 9) College graduate programs, professional organizations, journals, and books dedicated to research on creativity and design, • 10) Amount of conversation on creativity and design that has occurred in the literature of the technology education profession, • 11) What research efforts have occurred on the international stage, and • 12) Samples of selected research projects.

21. Identified Patterns in the Research on Creativity and Design

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