Abstract
In this paper a creative problem solving approach to design learning is proposed, based on the integration of childhood pretense and creative problem solving processes both from design creativity research and cognitive psychology. Evaluation of human creativity has strongly associated with children’s pretense as flexible and divergent thinking abilities. Childhood pretense in the form of pretend play is used for enhancing creative abilities in children. Likewise, enhancing creative problem solving process in design is associated with improving flexible and divergent thinking skills. Thus, a broad review has been done to identify the features and similarities of childhood pretense in the framework of affordance and adult designing activity that led us to a new approach in design learning to develop designers’ creative thinking capacity.
Keywords
pretense, creative problem solving, design learning, affordance
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2019.10086
Citation
Gürcan, D.,and Başar, D.L.(2019) A new approach in design learning: Childhood pretense, in Börekçi, N., Koçyıldırım, D., Korkut, F. and Jones, D. (eds.), Insider Knowledge, DRS Learn X Design Conference 2019, 9-12 July, Ankara, Turkey. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2019.10086
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A new approach in design learning: Childhood pretense
In this paper a creative problem solving approach to design learning is proposed, based on the integration of childhood pretense and creative problem solving processes both from design creativity research and cognitive psychology. Evaluation of human creativity has strongly associated with children’s pretense as flexible and divergent thinking abilities. Childhood pretense in the form of pretend play is used for enhancing creative abilities in children. Likewise, enhancing creative problem solving process in design is associated with improving flexible and divergent thinking skills. Thus, a broad review has been done to identify the features and similarities of childhood pretense in the framework of affordance and adult designing activity that led us to a new approach in design learning to develop designers’ creative thinking capacity.