Some notions of artistic creativity amongst history of art students acquired through incidental learning

Newton, D.P.; Donkin, H.

doi:10.1386///eta.7.3.221_2

Some notions of artistic creativity amongst history of art students acquired through incidental learning

Newton, D.P.; Donkin, H.

Authors

Professor Douglas Newton d.p.newton@durham.ac.uk
Academic Support Coordinator

H. Donkin

Abstract

In the West, creativity may be admired and valued but what it means can be elusive. Rather than being the subject of discussion in the classroom, meaning generally develops incidentally. We elicited twenty final-year history of art students' beliefs about artistic creativity in England using a questionnaire and interviews. The responses provided qualitative and quantitative data about these students' notions of artistic creativity. Beliefs and clusters of beliefs were identified. Together, these were similar to those of western artists and art academics, but clusters of beliefs showed there were also narrow and deficient notions regarding the product, process and locus of creativity. Teachers in higher education should be aware that students' responses may give the impression that their beliefs about art are sound when, in reality, they are unsound or narrow. This could have implications for employment, especially in a widening global economy.

Citation

Newton, D., & Donkin, H. (2011). Some notions of artistic creativity amongst history of art students acquired through incidental learning. International Journal of Education through Art, 7(3), 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1386///eta.7.3.221_2

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Oct 1, 2011
Deposit Date	Jan 24, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Mar 13, 2012
Journal	International Journal of Education through Art
Print ISSN	1743-5234
Electronic ISSN	1743-5234
Publisher	Intellect
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	7
Issue	3
Pages	283-298
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1386///eta.7.3.221_2
Keywords	Undergraduate, Art education, Notions of creativity, Incidental learning.