Increasing integration of the creative process across engineering curricula

• Autores: Thomas A. Litzinger, Sarah E. Zappe, Samuel Hunter, Irene Mena
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 31, no. Extra 1 (Parte B), 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Engineering Education: Beyond Technical Skills Part II—Case Studies Linked to the Promotion of Specific Technical Skills), págs. 335-342
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An interactive workshop has been developed that is intended to increase the integration of the creative process acrossengineering curricula. The workshop introduces participants to key findings from the research on creativity and thecreative process including effectiveness of instruction on creative performance and assessment of creativity. A key goal ofthe workshop is helpinginstructors to seethe strongparallels betweenthe creative process andthe processes used to addressnovel, complex problems in engineering design, analysis, and experimentation. The outcomes of the first two workshopswere quite positive and indicate that it is effective in increasing knowledge about the creative process and in helpingengineering instructors begin to design activities for integrating the creative process, or elements of it, into their courses.However, the outcomes also point to opportunities to improve future versions of the workshop.