Design Thinking & Creativity in Teaching, Spring 2019

Course Number:	EDU 5515 C09
Instructor:	Gabrielle Marquette Lumbra & Anne Marquette
Location:	Online via Canvas
Dates and Times:	Asynchronous meetings online from January 28 - March 24, 2019.
Credits:	3 Graduate Credits
Tuition:	$925

Course payment by check or purchase order, payable to Castleton University, is due at the time of registration. A purchase order number can be entered into the online registration form and the purchase order can be uploaded to the registration form. If paying by check, please mail the check to: Financial & Registration Services, Castleton University, 62 Alumni Drive, Castleton, VT 05753. To help us ensure that your payment is applied to the correct course, PLEASE WRITE “CFS” IN THE CHECK MEMO LINE. Thank you.

Course Description

Today’s learners are facing an unpredictable job market. In order to compete in the global economy of the future, they will need to know themselves well and be able to innovate. Creativity is a key skill for their success. Creativity is a way of thinking and behaving that is not an innate skill but something that can be fostered and learned through any subject area. In this course, participants will develop their own creative processes. They will identify the skills of creativity. They will relate the idea of creativity to their own subject areas and develop strategies for fostering and teaching creativity through the lens of specific content areas.

Course Goals & Objectives

Course Goals:

Participants will develop an awareness of their own creative processes
Participants will identify the skills associated with creativity
Participants will identify problems in their educational settings
Participants will apply a design thinking process to creatively solve problems

Course Objectives:

Identify the skills associated with creativity
Identify strategies for fostering creativity
Describe the importance of creativity
Design instruction that incorporates creativity
Apply the processes of creative problem solving
Apply design thinking

Course Expectations

Assignments:

Weekly Readings
Weekly Forum Responses
Daily creativity journal entries
Creativity design challenge

Project:

Creativity design challenge

Required Texts

Costs for required readings, if any, are not included in the course tuition.