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Creativity as a Tool to Enhance Adult Learning in Academia: What Works
Type of Presentation
Workshop (60-75 minutes)
Session Abstract
The effectiveness of creativity in adult learning will be discussed. Group activities on how creative exercises can be built into the participants’ learning designs will also be included.
Target Audience
Academics, Adult Educators, Graduate Students, Practitioners
Learning Outcomes
After attending this workshop, participants will have:
1. A reference list of research demonstrating how and when creativity improves adult learning.in academic settings
2. A better understanding of what additional research needs to be undertaken in this area.
3. A practical list of ways they can utilize creativity in their own teaching designs.
Session Description
Adult learners make sense of their worlds in multiple ways (Erikson, 2007; Gardner, 2006; Lindeman, 1926). One of these ways is by making meaning through artistic or creative forms of expression. Building artistic or creative methods into curriculum design can engage this alternative way of knowing for adults and make the learning endeavor more personally relevant and memorable. A discussion of the research on the effectiveness of using creative expression within adult learning in higher education will be discussed. Examples of successful use of creativity in adult education forums will be provided. Group activities to socially construct meaningful ways to build creative expression into participants’ learning designs will be included.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Thursday November 7
Primary Presenter
LIsabeth Capozzi, Penn State University
Work Title
Doctoral Student