TEACHING CREATIVITY AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL - A SYNTHESIS OF CURRICULAR COMPONENTS PERCEIVED AS IMPORTANT BY INSTRUCTORS

The purpose of this study was to describe the components of creativity courses taught at the college level and the perceived importance of t he components to teaching creativity. Teachers of college-level creati vity courses were asked to rate the degree to which curricular variabl es were considered important to the teaching of creativity. The instru ment was developed from a content analysis of college creativity sylla bi and other course artifacts. Results are discussed in terms of five dimensions for teaching creativity: social climate, personality charac teristics, general theories and models, processes involved, and produc t variables related to end results.