COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN INSTRUCTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EPÖ 5025 CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN INSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Curriculum and Instruction

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AHMET MURAT ELLEZ

Offered to

Curriculum and Instruction

Course Objective

Understanding the importance of creativity in the development and application of teaching and learning and creative activities and gain the ability to use

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the importance of creativity
2   Explain the factors affecting the development of creativity
3   To understand the relationship between creativity and thinking
4   To understand the place of creativity in education programs
5   Creativity is becoming willing to follow the literature
6   Creative planning and implementation of activities
7   Creative activities to prepare

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Creative Thinking and dimension
2 The development of creative thinking
3 Stages of Creativity
4 Creative individual characteristics, barriers to creativity
5 The family and the development of creativity in the classroom
6 Motivation and creativity
7 Different thinking and activities
8 Creative problem solving and techniques
9 Midterm Exam
10 Brainstorming and methods
11 Critical thinking
12 Creative games
13 Creative games
14 Creative writing activities, Creative activities in the classroom
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Amabile T (1983) The social psychology of creativity. Springer, NY
Higgins JM (1994) 101 Creative problem solving techniques. New Management Publishing, FL
Jungk R, Mu¨ ller N (1987) Future workshops: how to create desirable futures. Institute for Social Inventions, London
Millar GW (1997) E. Paul Torrance The Creativity Man . Ablex Publishing, NJ
Osborn A (1953) Applied imagination. Scribner s, NY
Parnes SJ (1997) Optimize the magic of your mind. Bearly Limited,
STERNBERG, R.J. (1997). Successful Intelligence. New York: Plume.
STERNBERG, R.J. (Ed.) (1999a). Handbook of Creativity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
STERNBERG, R.J. (1999b). A propulsion model of creative contributions. Review of General Psychology,
3, 83 100.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques, distance learning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.ellez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 6 3 18
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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