Author:Alhan Faris Ibrahim
Interior Design Department, College of Arts and Letters, Cihan University-Erbil
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24086/cuesj.si.2018.n1a13
Abstract
This research is set to study the relationship between creative thinking and brainstorming and their impact on the students’ thinking. Education and teaching are great tasks; therefore, the study will clarify the importance of those tasks in students’ lives. Also to study the impact of creative teaching on stimulating or activating the creative thinking of the students. During the research, many terms will be illustrated such as terms of creative thinking, perception, brainstorming, and creative teaching.
For improving the study hypothesis, the research had took the students of Interior Design in Cihan University / Erbil as a case study. By using the method of questionnaire form (20 forms), each form includes 20 questions that distributed on a random sample of the 3rd-year students.
The research had concluded that the creative thinking has an impact on the students and affects the final production. In addition, the brainstorming has an impact on the students and affects the final production. Moreover, the creative teaching has an important role on the creative thinking and the brainstorming of the students.
Finally, it presented samples of students’ final projects in design that confirm the creativity of the students resulting from creative teaching.
Keywords: Creative Thinking, Brainstorming, Creative Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Full Text
Cihan University-Erbil Scientific Journal a periodic multidisciplinary scientific journal issued by Cihan University- Erbil after auditing and revising by a specialized staff headed by the President of the university. The journal publishes original creative researches related to all fields of pure and applied sciences and humanities in Kurdish, Arabic and English.