2 HOW IS
MLE1033 CREATIVE EXPRESSION?
2.1 Learning
Methods
2.1.1 Lectures.
2.1.2 Tutorials.
2.1.3 Consultations.
2.1.4 Guest Talks.
2.1.5 Web & Texts Readings.
2.2 Requirements
2.2.1 Scrapbook:
[30%, individual based] to be filled with notes, exercises/assignments,
photos, cut outs, etceteras; a diary; a journal.
2.2.2 Project:
[30%, group based] presentation of a chosen theme.
2.2.3 Exam:
[40%, individual based] final examination.
2.3 General
Instruction
2.3.1 Every
student is to have his/her individual scrapbook. It may come
in actual, diskette or web-site form. Scrapbook discussion will
be conducted during tutorial sessions. Scrapbook is to be submitted
in week ? of the trimester. Late submission will be ignored
and will be recorded as did not submit.
2.3.2 Students
are to form groups of minimum seven to maximum ten members.
Each group is to have a name and a management team. Groups are
to choose one topic from the trimester's project theme that
will be discussed during tutorials and consultations. Groups
are to present the projects beginning week ? to week ?. Failure
to present projects will be recorded as did not submit.
2.3.3 Attendance
for all lectures, tutorials and consultations is compulsory.
Students need at least 75% of attendance to sit for the final
examination.
3 LECTURE: A CREATIVE PERSON A PROBLEM SOLVER
3.1 A creative
person is curious, experimental, adventurous, playful and intuitive.
3.2 A creative
person should has an inquisitive mind, the willingness to take
risks and the drive to make things work.
3.3 Whenever
in a hopeless situation, a creative person will somehow manage
to succeed, often will great rewards.
3.4 A creative
person draws solutions from knowledge he/she already had, or
from knowledge borrowed from other people.
[There's nothing new under the sun - but there are always new
versions and combinations.]
3.5 A creative
person thinks Globally and acts Locally.
[Looks at the world at large, and then acts within his/her own
sphere of influence.]
4 LECTURE: SOME PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES
4.1 Vertical
Thinking: a step by step process towards a goal [like climbing
a ladder].
4.2 Lateral
Thinking: looking at problem/s from several new angles [like
jumping from one ladder to another].
4.3 Critical
Thinking: careful judgement or evaluation [judgement the feasibility
of an idea or product].
4.4 Analytical
Thinking: process of breaking problem or idea into parts, examining
each part to see how it fits together with the others, and exploring
how these parts can be recombined in new ways.
4.5 Strategic
Thinking: process of developing a specific strategy for the
planning and direction of an operation by looking at the operation/project
from all possible angles.
4.6 Outcome
Thinking: process of attacking a task from the perspective of
the desired solution.
4.7 Creative
Thinking: the 'light-bulb' effect that occurs when you rearrange
existing facts and come up with new insight on the subject.
[Always involves Lateral Thinking.]
