(in Polish) Strategies of creative activities 1400-OG-EN-SC-Z

Within the class, issues of psychology of creativity with a special focus on art creativity, are carried out. Students get to know strategies and heuristics leading to new solutions in art and science. Students also become familiar with issues of creativity in terms of individual progress, with self-realization, creativity analyzed within the context of art and arts education. They also get to know meaning of metaphorical thinking with a special consideration of visual metaphor for solving the issues in art and visual communication.
Subjects processed within the class:
• Concept and definition of creativity (psychological, sociological, educational)
• Theory of creativity
• Stimulators and inhibitors of creativity
• Metaphorical thinking in creativity, synesthesia as a basic mechanism in metaphorical thinking
• Cognitive, creative and artistic functions of a metaphor
• Imagination – kinds of imagination, characteristic of creative imagination, imagination in visual arts
• Visual language, sign, metaphor and symbol
• Synectics, its mechanisms. Usage of metaphorical thinking in artistic creativity. Relation with subconsciousness (surrealism)
• Visual metaphorical thinking in art, design and education towards creativity
• Transformation of visual ideas as a basic mechanism in a creative process
• Polymodal metaphors in art, advertising, graphic design

Total student workload

Hours processed with teachers' participation: 15 hours and 0,5 ECTS pts – contact hours, practice, individual and group consultation with academic teacher Time spent on student's individual work (hours): 15 hours and 0,5 ECTS pts – time for student's individual work, performance of the tasks, e-learning and preparation to the classes, preparation to the credit Altogether:30 hrs (1 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: Posseses knowledge within a range of art in psychological, sociological and educational aspect ( W2: Disposes a knowledge about mechanisms responsible for formation of new and creative solutions and strategies developing creative dispositions of people having different potential and in different age, explains a synectic method, recognizes stimulators and art inhibitors, explains the meaning of metaphorical thinking in terms of art

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: Uses heuristic strategies, developing creative dispositions in their own artistic operations in a range of visual and audiovisual art and also in designing educational work U2: Manages strategies of creative activities enabling a constant progress because of taking art activity U3: Is enabled to co-work with other people in group activities

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: Feels a need of searching and solving new problems, creative tasks, coming from an inner motivation K2: Is capable of using imagination, ability of creative thinking and creative work in a time of solving their problems, adapting to new and changing circumstances and ability to control their own behaviour and preventing fears and stress as well as facing circumstances connected with public speeches or presentations K3: Is able to work individually and in group, taking different roles, negotiate

Teaching methods

Exposing didactic methods (display, presentation) - Activating didactic methods (description, conversation) - Searching didactic methods (practice method, classic problem method, observation method, project method), activating methods, heuristic methods

Course coordinators

Dominika Łowkajtis

Assessment criteria

Grading criteria:
• attendance
• active participation in both individual and group activities
• engagement, orderliness of executing mid-term tasks
Grading criteria:
Classes: Credit based on mid-term writing assignment:
• grade for mid-term practical tasks: level of understanding the issues, quality and originality of processed tasks, quality and technical profficiency, manual skills, right usage of materials and techniques, diligence of creation, esthetic quality of graphic realisations.
F – 0-50 pts (under 50 %)
C - 51-60 pts (51-60 %)
C+ - 61-70 pts (61-70 %)
B - 71-80 pkt (71-80 %)
B+ - 81-90 pts (81-90 %)
A - 91-100 pts (91-100 %)

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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