CEP 818 - Creativity in teaching & learning
Professor Punya Mishra, Fall 2011
This was a really interesting course that challenged us to apply principles of creativity (abstracting, embodiment etc...) to our field of study. I applied these concepts to auditing and accounting and found both the process and the results to be very inter rewarding. The foundational principle of this course is that creativity is of increasing importance to educators both for their professional success and that of their students particularly given the complex, evolving knowledge ecology we live in.
Course artifact:
Here is my attempt at abstract auditing art (admittedly a niche market). Please read the excerpt below after watching the video to provide a bit of context for the video. I've also incorporated other elements of this creativity course throughout this website (such as the "Ol' Man Cut-off" video which is intended to reflect the creative principle of Play)
This was a really interesting course that challenged us to apply principles of creativity (abstracting, embodiment etc...) to our field of study. I applied these concepts to auditing and accounting and found both the process and the results to be very inter rewarding. The foundational principle of this course is that creativity is of increasing importance to educators both for their professional success and that of their students particularly given the complex, evolving knowledge ecology we live in.
Course artifact:
Here is my attempt at abstract auditing art (admittedly a niche market). Please read the excerpt below after watching the video to provide a bit of context for the video. I've also incorporated other elements of this creativity course throughout this website (such as the "Ol' Man Cut-off" video which is intended to reflect the creative principle of Play)
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Abstraction (excerpt) - by S.NewtonAbstraction is a way of distilling a concept to its basal elements. By abstracting we are able to see through distractions and dispensable qualities to "reveal a critical, often surprising, essence.” (p.90, Sparks of Genius).
This abstraction is intended to take the false essential characteristic of an auditor - numbers - and then use that characteristic to create the true essence of an auditor - an investigator. In this case the numbers are used to represent eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth and, somewhat obscurely, a hand with a finger (the numbers 3 and 1). The numbers are taken apart and then re-assembled to represent our five senses. Reigning above these senses is the brain (an enlarged sideways number 8 - also the symbol for infinity) which is the tool we use to process the information we receive and to assess the validity of the assertions provided by management. |