Creative Process

What we learned about the creative process...

Our creative process began last semester when we started researching for our workshop. Long before we had a class of students, we spent hours reading art historical journals about various art forms around the world. We challenged ourselves to find art forms from as many different continents/regions as possible to foster a deeper understanding of global cultures.

This semester, we designed and reviewed well-researched lesson plans outlining each week's warm-up, mini-lecture, activity, and learning assessment. By gaining valuable insights from peer reviews, our lesson planning skills grew exponentially through the semester. For some of the art techniques we were less familiar with, we had to practice them on our own before teaching our students.

We incorporated teaching techniques such as facilitating group discussions to enhance our lessons. In CPSA260 we learned about the think/pair/share method where students pair up to talk about discussion questions before sharing with the rest of the class (Howard). This worked really well with getting our students engaged.

Overall, we learned that the creative process is a continuous cycle of reiterating ideas and trying different methods. We grew as artists, learners, and teachers through leading our workshop, and it has been an incredibly rewarding experience.

Citation:

Howard, Jay. “How to Hold a Better Class Discussion.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-hold-a-better-class-discussion/. Accessed 4 May 2025.