Thinking Birds: Muses for Creative Problem Solving in Curriculum Design?

• In Event: 63.084 - MTCC Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: 63.084-7 - Advances in Learning Environment Studies

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how to facilitate a context for creative-problem solving in a playful learning environment in tertiary education. Qualitative analyses of instructors' game design process indicated that different types of questions, which prompt problem solving from multiple perspectives, encouraged creative outcomes. Student-teachers demonstrated weakness in utilizing a creative problem-solving tool. The majority of the games that they designed collaboratively lacked novelty. Further studies of shifting perspectives during problem solving would provide insights for developing tools for creative problem-solving in order to inspire and empower teachers for designing creative curriculum.

Authors

• Agni Stylianou-Georgiou, University of Nicosia

• Eliza Pitri, University of Nicosia