Creativity in Art: The feasibility of assessing current conceptions in the school context |
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| Authors: | Donna Kay Beattie |
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| Institution: | Department of Visual Arts , Brigham Young University , P.O. Box 260402, Provo , Utah , 84602-6402 , USA |
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| Abstract: | The article reviews different views of creativity, building on the work of Czikszentmihaly. It offers a definition of creativity in terms of trait/process/product. The issue of how creativity might be assessed is explored using this definition and some illustrative examples are provided. The article concludes that creativity can and should be assessed but that this must be with an appropriate methodology. Such assessment is important not only for assessing students' work but also for evaluating curriculum content, in order to promote curriculum development in the teaching of creativity. |
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