Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog: Addendum A 
    
2019-2020 Academic Catalog: Addendum A [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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AE 2230 - Psychology of Creativity


Credits: 3

Field experience hours: 15 clock hours in a public or private school setting. This course offers an in-depth study of the aspects of the human personality that support or block creative impulses. The material includes discussion of well-known creative people in all disciplines, including science, literature, music, and art. Students examine how positive and negative aspects of personality influence creative people’s work. Students explore the influence of culture and social standards on creativity and further understand their own personal creative process and style. Upon successful completion of this course, students are able to apply the principles of psychology to the process of creativity. Through assignments, papers, observations, fieldwork, and readings, students learn of the complexity of creative thinking and how it applies in K-12 art education.

Prerequisites: AE 2215 - Introduction to Art Education ; must be an Art Education major

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will learn K-12 instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards; their district’s organized plan of instruction; and the individual needs of their students.
  • Students will learn current K-12 developmental science, the ways in which learning takes place and the appropriate levels of intellectual, social and emotional development of their students.
  • Students will learn how to establish and communicate high expectations for all K-12 students and plan instruction that helps students develop critical-thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Students will learn how to analyze K-12 student learning, development and growth and apply what they learn to improve their practice.




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