scholarly journals Psychology of Creativity and Innovation in Engineering and Business Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Michalene Eva Grebski ◽  
Wes Grebski
Keyword(s):  
Educational Objective ◽  
Business Curriculum ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Business Psychology ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Psychology Of Creativity

Abstract The paper describes the development of a new course. Psychology of innovation, which is in the process of being approved as an elective course for four different majors: engineering, business, psychology, and art. The paper describes the course content, course educational objective, weekly assignments and projects. The new course is expected to be approved and implemented in the Fall 2021 Semester. The Course is expected to strengthen innovative potential of students from four different majors.

scholarly journals WHAT SENIORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEIR ENGAGEMENT

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Doré
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Elective Course

The goal of this pre-study was to prescribe a solution to a perceived decrease in student engagement in an elective course on additive manufacturing. The objectives were to:identify in what activities the students are engaging; identify causes for lack of engagement in their studies, if any;identify possible changes to the additive manufacturing course.A mixed (quantitative and qualitative) triangulation interpretivist approach was used to address the first two objectives. Approximately half (1/2) the students stated that their studies was not their priority, two thirds (2/3) reported that they attended university primarily to earn a diploma rather than to learn and again two thirds (2/3) said that they had difficulty concentrating, signs that most students are not fully engaged in learning. The qualitative analysis provided insight and nuance to the quantitative analysis. It made it possible to identify sources for lack of engagement. Apart from the presence of electronic devices which distract attention, teaching methods, course content and evaluation modalities were often cited. Based on the findings, three changes are suggested to the course

A Case Study of Arteconomy – Building a bridge between art and enterprise: Belgian businesses stimulate creativity and innovation through art

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-587
Author(s):  
Herman van den Broeck ◽  
Eva Cools ◽  
Tine Maenhout
Keyword(s):  
Cost Price ◽  
Organizational Process ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Business People ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

AbstractIn a world where there has long since been more at play than functionality and cost price, we need creative innovation more than ever before. Organizations are trying to find ways to embed more creativity, more innovative potential, and more entrepreneurship into the everyday running of their businesses. They are constantly in search of effective ways to make their organization's culture better equipped for change. The Belgian non-profit organization Arteconomy has developed a method for doing this, by bringing business people and artists together in a series of particularly unique projects. In this paper, you can read about the philosophy that give rise to Arteconomy and the pioneering work that preceded it. The paper describes two specific projects that provide a concrete illustration of the arteconomy approach in two Belgian textile firms: ‘The Dragon of Deerlijk’ at Promo Fashion and ‘The Walk’ at Concordia Textiles. This paper is particularly relevant to illustrate change as an organizational process and to demonstrate how organizations can stimulate employees' creative skills.

scholarly journals Virology in the Classroom: Current Approaches and Challenges to Undergraduate- and Graduate-Level Virology Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Kushner ◽  
Andrew Pekosz
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Logic Reasoning ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

The pervasive effects of the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic are but one reason for educators to refocus their efforts on virology teaching. Additionally, it is critical to understand how viruses function and to elucidate the relationship between virus and host. An understanding of current virology education may improve pedagogical approaches for educating our students and trainees. Faculty who teach undergraduate microbiology indicate that approximately 10% of the course content features viruses; stand-alone virology courses are infrequently offered to undergraduates. Fortunately, virology taught to undergraduates includes foundational material; several approaches for delivery of lecture- and lab-based content exist. At the graduate education level, there is growing appreciation that an emphasis on logic, reasoning, inference, and statistics must be reintroduced into the curriculum to create a generation of scientists who have a greater capacity for creativity and innovation. Educators also need to remove barriers to student success, at all levels of education. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 8 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals The Jigsaw Design Challenge

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Susanna C. Calkins ◽  
Jonathan Rivnay
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Learning Problem ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Jigsaw Method ◽  
Design Challenge ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Active Learning Strategy

This article highlights an innovative take on the jigsaw format, an inclusive and cooperative active learning strategy, implemented in an upper-level engineering elective course. After students complete the usual two steps of the jigsaw method—first gaining mastery in “expert groups” and then collaboratively teaching their peers in “jigsaw groups”—they then complete a third step in their jigsaw groups, in which they work together on an authentic design problem, offering a practical take on applying course content. This activity was implemented in three courses offered both in person and remotely (online only). We share how this innovation can promote learning, problem-solving, perspective sharing, and teamwork in contexts with students from different backgrounds and levels of experience.

Creative Thoughts Are the Means to Bring About Innovations In Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Roopashree B.J
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
The World ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Central Factors

Since the end of the 1990s, creativity has become a growing area of interest once more within the educational community and the society at large. Creativity is identified as a major aim of education throughout the world. Creativity and innovation are becoming increasingly important for the development of the 21st century knowledge society. They contribute to economic prosperity as well as to social and individual well-being and are essential factors for a more competitive and dynamic country. Education is seen as central in fostering creative and innovative skills. Creativity and innovation can play an important role in the knowledge society. Creativity is conceptualised as a skill for all. It is an ability that everyone can develop and it can therefore be fostered or, likewise, inhibited. Educational actors have the power to unlock the creative and innovative potential of the young. This article provides the theoretical grounding for creativity and innovation to thrive in a school environment, proposing a series of central factors, which can support the shift towards a more creative and innovative education.

The Gospel and the Golden Age of the Russian Literature

10.12737/5566 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Щелкунова ◽  
Svetlana Shchelkunova
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Elective Course

The selective course outline “The Gospel and the Golden Age of the Russian Literature” is aimed at 10th and 11th-class students of humanitarian-profile classes. The elective course content will acquaint students with the broad-wide culturological and historian and literature context, anв will introduce the idea of studying the classical Russian literature through the prism of gospel stories and proverbs.

Hate Studies in Business

2012 ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Peggy Sue Loroz ◽  
Molly B. Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Business Curriculum ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Conscious Effort ◽  
Business Professors ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

This chapter describes a course called “Hate Studies in Business” which seeks to help students to recognize business cultures and practices that treat people as “others” and, in the process, inflict wounds that undermine the dignity of individuals and society. The course is taught by a team of business professors who lead the students in examining hate in the context of each instructor’s discipline. The course grew from a conscious effort among the faculty to develop a business curriculum that encourages moral development and prepares students for the many ways they will be challenged as they enter the workforce, including assaults on their own and others’ integrity. The chapter includes a discussion of the educational setting, an overview of the course content, the impact of the course on student attitudes toward pluralism and diversity, and a discussion of the lessons learned in the initial offering of the course.

USING VERNACULAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ARCHITECTURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 562-565
Author(s):  
Arzu Ispalar Çahantimur ◽  
Rengin Beceren Ă–ztĂĽrk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Elective Course

Raising the environmental awareness of architectural students becomes increasingly important given today’s global environmental challenges. As a prominent player in urban development, an architect needs to be concerned with the alternative ways for achieving environmental sustainability. Subsequently, environmental issues constitute an important part of the curriculum in architectural education. The scope of this study covers an elective course in an architectural graduate program of Turkey with the main aim of making fresh architects aware of their vital role in environmental objectives. In this course, the students are asked to visit and examine the vernacular architecture at a rural Turkey settlement. In this assignment, the students use a series of architectural as well as social science research methods. They present their findings visually and offer their proposals as a conclusion. Their proposals involve ways, not only, to achieve sustainability for this rural settlement but, also, to adapt the traditional design methods and materials examined within the course into contemporary design techniques. Given the acquisitions of the graduate students, this paper concludes with a recommendation for improving architectural course content by integrating applied learning.

scholarly journals Use of Concept Mapping to Identify Expectations of Pharmacy Students Selecting Elective Courses

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Ruth Vinall ◽  
Peter Balan
Keyword(s):  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Student Expectations ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Student Gender ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Elective Course

The objective of this study was to demonstrate the use of concept mapping as a method for analyzing pharmacy students’ qualitative perceptions of their expectations of elective courses and to thus help guide delivery methods and course content. A survey containing demographic, Likert scale, and open-ended questions was administered to second-year pharmacy students prior to the start of elective courses and an innovative methodology, concept mapping, was used to identify major themes relating to student expectations. The association between preferred class delivery method (online versus in person) with student gender and English-as-a-second-language status (ESL) was also assessed. Note that this study was conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ninety-eight out of 133 students (74%) completed the survey. Overall, 56% students stated that they preferred online delivery of courses (68% of these students were female, 36% were male). ESL status did not impact preference. The most common themes relating to student course expectations were the desire to learn about the elective course topic as well “real-world” utility. Our combined data indicate that delivery method is a key factor contributing to students’ choice of elective course and that concept mapping is an effective and efficient way to help identify student expectations of elective courses.

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