In 2017 Deloitte Centre for the Edge hosted a public lecture by James C. Kaufman, PhD; a professor of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut as well as a creativity & education expert, where he discussed the challenges of teaching and assessing creativity.
We noticed the similarity between creativity and our recent work on digital competency, which we published in “From coding to competence”. Both are depend more on attitudes and behaviours than knowledge and skills. Both are also tightly tied to context, and don’t transfer easily between domains.
The lecture is derived from Dr Kaufman’s cutting-edge psychological research and debunks common misconceptions about creativity, describe how learning environments can support creativity, while providing insights into teaching and assessing creativity within the established curriculum.
The lecture covers:
- What is creativity?
- Seeing creativity as a development trajectory and advancing along this trajectory.
- Creativity across domains (not just ‘art’), and the ‘cost’ of creativity.
- Measuring creativity
- How can people become more creative?
There’s also a 20 minute edit for those of us who are time poor.