94710 Creative Practices and Methods
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Credit points: 3 cp
Result type: Grade, no marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
In this subject, participants explore creative practices and tools from across many professional domains to generate, discover and explore new ideas, insights and solutions (as well as uncover blind spots). Participants are encouraged to cultivate a culture of curiosity, experimentation, playfulness and inventiveness as they develop their research, sensemaking and creative practices, and hone their ways of communicating concepts and ideas effectively. While creativity is instinctual, this subject also examines cutting edge insights drawn from fields such as neuroscience to inform and fortify the creative capability of both individuals and collectives.
Teaching and learning strategies
This Key Enabling Methodology (KEM) subject is offered online and supported by face-to-face sessions. Participants explore emerging cutting-edge approaches and methodologies for investigating and creatively responding to complex real-world challenges. Participants also draw on their experiences in professional fields and organisational contexts to reflect on ways that these new approaches could enable them to innovate in practice. By doing so, participants develop a repertoire of approaches that can be strategically applied in their professional contexts. Through reflective tasks participants develop their creative intelligence – including professional judgement about how these approaches can generate innovation in real-world contexts.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Experiments & Discoveries
| Type: | Exercises |
|---|---|
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed |
| Weight: | 30% |
Assessment task 2: Practice repertoire of proposed experiment
| Type: | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 70% |
Minimum requirements
To pass this subject students must make a reasonable attempt to meet the expectations outlined in the brief of each assessment task, and achieve an overall pass grade for the subject.
Required texts
Doran, B,. Watson, R. & Vo, D. (2022) Creative Reboot Catalysing Creative Intelligence. BIS Publishers, Netherlands.
Recommended texts
A range of readings and resources will be embedded in each module.