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Identifying Motivation for Creativity in Design Education
Where: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, E&PDE08 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: New Perspectives in Design Education When: 4th September 2008, 1pm - 2pm
Casakin, H. & Kreitler, S. (2008) "Identifying Motivation for Creativity in Design Education". E&PDE08 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: New Perspectives in Design Education, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. September 4-5.
The research was concerned with the study of motivation for creativity. The goal was to assess motivation for creativity in design students based on the Cognitive Orientation theory which defines motivation as a function of a set of themes identified as relevant for creativity. It was expected to find differences in the scores of the themes between more creative and less creative students, as assessed by the students themselves, the architects, and the design studio teachers. Participants were 52 architectural students who were administered a design task, and a questionnaire about the Cognitive Orientation of Creativity (COQ-CR). Whereas the independent variables were the scores of the themes for motivation obtained from the COQ-CR, the dependent variables were design creativity as assessed by design students, expert architects, and design instructors. Findings support the validity of the COQ-CR for assessing motivation in creativity and of the cognitive motivational approach to creativity. Analyses showed which attitudes and personality tendencies promote creativity. Significant differences in regard to several motivational themes were found between more creative and less creative students in the three analyses based on the assessments by students, architects and teachers. On the other hand, common elements identified in the three evaluations referred to the following themes: readiness to make efforts and invest in the design task, willingness to use talent to achieve originality, freedom to apply individual criteria, and delve into the unknown. These findings suggest important implications for improving design education which are discussed in the paper.
LikeSense of Place and well-being in the neighborhood: perceptions of older adults
Where: 2008 IAPS (International Association for People-biosphere and well-being. Rome, Italy. , Sapienza Universita, Roma When: 29th July 2008, 3pm - 4pm
Casakin, H. & Neikrug, S. (2008). "Sense of Place and well-being in the neighborhood: perceptions of older adults". 2008 IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies) Conference: Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being. Rome, Italy. July 28-September 1.
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