Monday, February 1, 2010

DEFINING CREATIVITY

Tuesday 26/1/2010

lecture by Yap Sau Bin


REVIEW
During his lecturer...he ask us to who are creative people in this world??some of them answered beggers,taxi driver,designer,artist and mr.Yap Sau Bin said parents too can be a creative people,solving daily life problem..




i was thinking of Rob Rainford host of license to grill,i found him creative in preparing meals on his grills for the occasion.The different "occasions" provide the impetus for the food choices,and allow Rainford the opportunity to demonstrate different techniques.


what is creativity?


From what i understand, creativity is to think differently to solve a problem in a easy way.Creativity as seen important in various contexts

-creativity in diverse culture

-creativity in art and literature

-creative industries and services

-creativity in organizations

-Econimic views of creativity..

Below are some quotes from the experts on definition of creativity........


Henry Miller ( writer) -- The occurrence of a composition which is both new and valuable.


You cannot use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.Maya Angelou


H. H. Fox (scientist) -- Any thinking process in which original patterns are formed and expressed


RESEARCH


According to author Robert Sternberg,creativity will be balance with these three things;


Synthetic ability -Creative people use this type of thinking to consider implications and project possible responses, problems, and outcomes


Analytical ability -It is the skill to sell or communicate one's ideas to others, to make others believe that ideas, works, or products are valuable, different,useful, innovative, unusual , or worthy of consideration.


Practical ability- it is the ability to think of or generate new, novel, and interesting ideas.

REFERENCE
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