| Creativity as basis of the convergent and integrative studies in liberal education |
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, Hye Young Hwang |
| 융복합 교양교육의 토대로서의 창의성 |
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이은숙, 황혜영 |
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| Abstract |
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One of a significant trend of the contemporary academic education of liberal arts is the tendency of the convergent and integrative studies. What is essential in the convergent and integrative studies is creativity. The aim of this work is to reflect on the condition for the expression of creativity and the several examples of exercises to the realization of creativity.
One of the condition for the expression of creativity is to receive all things in an open attitude, to feel the vitality and to recover the innocence of childhood. To freely express creativity, we also must elevate the self-esteem and the emotional stability. Creativity is exercised in an atmosphere more open and receptive than in the oppressive. In this sense, it is necessary to establish the intimacy and sense of community between teacher and students and among students. In a climate where we ask the hasty result and in a competitive environment, we can not exercise creativity. We should provide a comfortable atmosphere and offer sufficient time for the exert of creativity. It is also preferable to present the concrete and specific purpose depending on the capacity of the student and to create an atmosphere of concentration.
Procedures for the exercise of creation can be found in all areas. We can use the writing which is one of the representative methods for the creativity exercise. The activity of writing allows us fundamentally to exercise creativity in the process of compose different words. We present here five different ways to write to exercise creativity. The exercise of the association is to produce sentences in a limited time with several pairs of two words. The exercise of the multi-facets thought is to create several sentences with one word. This exercise allows us to see things or phenomena in a integrative way. Composing a story with given words and recomposing another story with the same words, we can develope the compositional thinking capacity. We can make the exercise of originality in imagining and writing results on a hypothetical situation. The self-reflective writing on the memories of the past sometimes positive and sometimes negative can be utilized to the exercise of creativity in terms of change in self-esteem. These writing exercises are useful for the improvement of creativity, which is the theoretical and practical basis of the integrative education. |
| Key Words:
convergent and integrative liberal education, recovery of innocence, self-worth, community fellowship, mental composure, immersion environment, fluency |
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