Comparing University Design Students’ and Tutors’ Perceptions of Creativity

Rodgers, Paul Anthony and Jones, Paul (2017) Comparing University Design Students’ and Tutors’ Perceptions of Creativity. The Design Journal, 20 (4). pp. 435-457. ISSN 1460-6925

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Abstract

This paper explores the perceptions and views of creativity amongst UK-based architecture and product design tutors and design students. This study is an extension of the authors’ earlier work that examined a group of design tutors’ views on creativity in design in a UK university design education context. The authors adopted a semi-structured interview approach and collected a series of rich insights into how design tutors and design students conceptualize creativity and how both perceive their role in developing creativity. The findings of the research indicate clear differences in the way that design tutors and design students assess their creative potential. Yet, at the same time, they both find it very difficult to define and conceptualize. The results also show that the design students generally acknowledge the role that design tutors play in promoting cultures of creativity in the university design studio, but also stressed the importance of the wider socio-cultural system. Lastly, the research reveals that many aspects of creativity in the university design studio remain shrouded in mystery and this lack of knowledge of creativity and how it facilitates design may well be compromising the education of design students. There is, however, clear interest from both the design tutors and students regarding creativity, and the value of domain-specific versus general notions of the concept of creativity in developing this cognitive skill.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
The Design Journal
Additional Information:
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Design Journal on 23/05/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14606925.2017.1323503
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1704
Subjects:
?? designcreativitydesigncreativityarchitectureproduct designcomputer graphics and computer-aided design ??
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86252
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Deposited On:
10 May 2017 09:02
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