Conference paper
Creativity and curriculum design
22nd Annual Teaching and Learning Forum (Murdoch University, Murdoch, 07/02/2013–08/02/2013)
2013
Abstract
Internationally, industry dissatisfaction with graduate skills and rapid technological change has been driving higher education away from delivering content to developing graduate competencies, transferable skills and lifelong learners. For more than a decade now, the university sector has responded to government and accrediting bodies by trying to identify and integrate competencies within and across curricula. Creative thinking is central to meeting the ongoing personal and professional development of graduates and the needs of employers, and it is one of the competencies identified by all Australian universities as an important graduate attribute. However, there is little evidence that Australian university curricula address it explicitly or assess it formally. The question is how do we teach creative thinking and embed it in the curriculum in a purposive, deliberate way. This presentation examines how a first year unit called Creativity and Innovation at Murdoch University teaches and assesses creative thinking skills.
Details
- Title
- Creativity and curriculum design
- Authors/Creators
- S. Delmege (Author/Creator)L. O'Mahony (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 22nd Annual Teaching and Learning Forum (Murdoch University, Murdoch, 07/02/2013–08/02/2013)
- Identifiers
- 991005544832907891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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