GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING/4980210
Course Title: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this course; Define the basic concepts of problem solving, creativity and creative problem solving.
Learn about the discipline of education technology and the problem-solving relationship.
Describes theoretical approaches to problem solving and creativity.
Learn individual and environmental factors in creativity and problem solving.
Debate relates scrutiny, decision-making, logical and critical thinking to creativity.
Define the conditions of creativity,
Associate creativity with the discipline of education technology
Apply creative thinking techniques.
Research on the measurement and evaluation of creativity.
Apply creative problem solving steps It investigates and discusses the importance and place of creative problem solving in the context of educational
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Definition of Course, Goals, Process, Application Principles
2. Week  Basic concepts related to problem solving, what is the problem? Definitions, Structured problems, Unstructured problems, What is problem solving?
3. Week  Problem solving- Theoretical approaches, Peripheral theory: Muscle activity, Centralist theory: Brain activity, Gestaltic theory,
4. Week  Basic concepts about creativity, what is creativity? Definitions, Creativity types and grades, Creativity and intelligence
5. Week  Theories of creativity; Four phase theory, Maslow's approach, Associative thinking theory, Janusyan thinking theory, Mental structure theory,
6. Week  Creativity and thinking, scrutiny, decision making, logical thinking, creativity and critical thinking, Creativity conditions,
7. Week  Creative thinking techniques, Morphological synthesis, Synectics, TRIZ, SCAMPER, Feature listing, Lotus flower technique etc.
8. Week  Visa
9. Week  Measurement and evaluation of creativity, Tests used in measuring creativity
10. Week  Problem solving and creativity, What is creative problem solving? Definitions, Steps of creative problem solving, Opportunity creation, Finding inform
11. Week  Creative problem solving techniques and applications; question list (Phoenix), brain storm, reverse brain storm, role play,
12. Week  Creative problem solving in educational technology, Conceptual dimension of educational technology and creative problem solving.
13. Week  Project presentations
14. Week  General evaluation
15. Week  Final
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
25
 Assignment
6
25
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
2
16
 Material Design and Implementation
3
6
18
 Report Preparing
5
3
15
 Preparing a Presentation
3
6
18
 Presentation
3
6
18
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
14
14
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Gülgün BANGİR ALPAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/bangir)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (bangir@gazi.edu.tr)