COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2222 CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE STUDIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at enabling the students recognise the concepts of creativity and creative thinking and gain the ability of creative thinking. With the assumption that creativity is developable, the course aims at enabling students realize the factors that limit the creativity and achieve some experimental studies for accomplishing them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the concepts of creativity and creative thinking (knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the issues and significance of individual and social creativity (comprehension),
3   will be able to relate the sphere of creativity with planning and design practices and the city (comprehension),
4   will be able to realise the factors that obstruct the creativity (comprehension),
5   will be able to discuss the phases of developing creative ideas and implementation (analysis),
6   will be able develop his/her studies with creative samples by practicing with theoretical data (synthesis).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of creativity from the past to the present and the definitions of creativity
2 Distinguishing personal ability and creative thinking
3 Personal development, psychology and creativity
4 Individual/social creativity and the increasing importance
5 Creativity in planning and design practices
6 The relationship between creativity and the city and creative cities
7 Midterm Examination This week homework subjects will be given to the students.
8 How can a creative idea be developed Factors obstructing the creativity
9 Methods for achieving the creative idea, creative child and childhood
10 Implementation phases of the creative idea
11 Problem solving and creativity
12 Developing creative idea and individual studies This week course will be given through discussions and the evaluation of sample cases.
13 Developing creative idea and individual studies This week course will be given through discussions and the evaluation of sample cases.
14 Homework/Submission/Presentations This week students will submit their homework assignments and present each other during the two-hour course.
15 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

YAVUZER, H.S., 1996, Yaratıcılık, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul.
ROBINSON, K.,2003, Yaratıcılık, Aklın Sınırlarını Aşmak, Kitap Yayınevi, Istanbul.
Supplementary Book(s):
KORCZAK, J. 2001, Bir Çocuk Nasıl Sevilmeli, Çeviren:Deniz K.Çakıcı, Ütopya Yayınevi, Ankara.
PIAGET, J., 1988,Çocukta Dünya Tasarımı, Çeviren: Refia Şermin, M.Ü. Yayınları, No: 461, Istanbul.
PIAGET, J. 2005, Çocuğun Gözüyle Dünya , Çeviren: Ismail Yerguz, Dost Kitapevi Yayınları, Ankara
POSTMAN, N., 1995, Çocukluğun Yokoluşu, (The Disappearance of Childhood) Çeviren: Kemal Inal, Imge Kitapevi Yayınları, Ankara.
JACK F., 2001, Fikir Nasıl Bulunur, Çeviren: Dinç Tayanç, Media Cat Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. In order to remove the handicaps beyond the creativity of the students and enable them to recreate themselves individually and develop creative ideas and projects, readings, practicing, develop methodology and programs, evaluating the sample studies will constitute the general framework of the course. The course also aims at drawing the well-known people, significant presentations, seminar and activities in the area of creativity into the course context and hence enabling the students set relationship with professional platforms.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Explaining and Relating will be measured by Midterm Examination. Realising, Discussing and Developing will be measured by Homework Assignments/Presentation and Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures, readings, researches and discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hayat.zengin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.30-12.00; Wednesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Presentation 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 3 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations homework 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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