Creative+Attributes+Defined

=//Notes from 1/20/11 ://=

Should "Vision" be moved from Awareness to Imagination? We do not have anything about moving from the many possibilities in Imagination into acting on an idea in Action
=**AWARENESS**=
 * 's below can be explained with __Creativity in the Classroom__ - Starko**
 * **X Open-mindedness:** the willingness to consider various ideas, beliefs, plans, or goals by suspending immediate judgement (adapted from [|www.coachingtowardhappiness.com/AHC/vol2num.15.htm]Ben Dean, Ph.D.) - suspension of judgement - Amabile, Creativity in Context, p.88 *Independence in Judgement p. 90 "It is adventageous to develop multiple, diverse representations of the same entity. Such representations are grist for new ways of thinking. (Five Minds for the Future, Gardner)
 * **X Curiosity:** actively exploring an environment, asking questions, investigating possibilities and posessing a sense of wonder ([|www.mypersonalbrilliance.com]) a persistent reluctance to take things for granted, a deep desire for explanations, and skepticism of "obvious" explanations (Sternberg, Handbook of Creativity)
 * **Empathy:** the ability to imagine one's self in someone else's position and to intuit what the person is feeling. (Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind)
 * **Humility:** a consciousness of the limits of one's knowledge including a sensitivity to bias, predjudice and limitations of one's viewpoint (Richard Paul et. al.[|criticalthinking.org*]**)**
 * **X Attentiveness:** the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things ([|www.wikipedia.com]) To look at different things and to look at them differently; to learn to think new thoughts, have new feelings about what we experience. (Csikszenthmihalyi, Creativity, 1996 p. 359)
 * **X Perceptiveness:** having or showing sensitive insight (New Oxford American Dictionary) Koestler (1964) has suggested the critical role of seeing things differently from the way most people see them, of being able to take advantage of serendipity by recognizing the importance of new information. (In Amabile, Creativity in Context)

=**IMAGINATION**=
 * **Flexibility:** characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements ([|www.merriam-webster.com]) breaking perceptual or cognitive set - moving off in a new direction or going beyond perceived limitations (Boring 1950 in Amabile, Creativity in Context)
 * **Tolerance:** allowance for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own **(**[|**www.merriam-webster.com**]**)**
 * **Novelty:** the ability to generate ideas or products that have not yet been produced before by the individual (Robert W. Wiesberg, Expertise and Reason in Creative Thinking, in Creativity and Reason in Cognitive Development, by James Kaufman & John Baer. and (R. Sternberg, //Handbook of Creativity)//
 * X Generativity: the idea that quantity breeds quality; the more ideas generated, the higher the probability that some of them will be useful (inspired by a discussion of brainstorming, Theresa Amabile, Cretivity in Context, 244)
 * **Receptiveness:** Openness to new and different experiences. (Starko. Creativity in the Classroom, 98.)
 * **Vision:** A vivid, imaginitive conception. (dictionary.reference.com)

=**ACTION**=
 * **X Courage:** the capacity to risk what is known for the sake of discovering innovative solutions, unique forms, and fresh patterns ([|www.creativeguide.com]) "With the respect to the classroom, students' willingness to take intellectual risks - in the form of sharing novel ideas and insights, raising new questions, and attempting to do and try new things - is no less important. Such behaviors are "risky" because they involve uncertainty (Byrnes, 1998) - and place students at risk of making mistakes, appearing less competent, or feeling inferior to others (Creativity in the Classroom - Ronald A. Beghetto in The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity, Kaufman, Sternberg, 2010). Byrnes - The Nature and Development of Decision Making: A Self-Regulation Model. Hillsdale
 * **X Resourcefulness:** knowing how to get the information and results you want using what you have (lifehack.org) the ability to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in difficult situations (free-dictionary.com)
 * **Decisiveness:** ability to choose among many alternatives based on thoughtful consideration and provide justification for one's choice. (Starko, Creativity in the Classroom, 89)
 * **Perseverance:** continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failures or opposition :( [|www.merriam-webster.com]) Only a person who is willing to pick herself up and "try and try again" is likely to forge creative achievements (Five Minds for the Future, Gardner)
 * **X Focus:** the concentration of attention or energy ([|wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn])
 * **Elaboration:** a process of expanding and embellishing a detail ([|www.dictionary.com]) building upon previous ideas or products: put to other uses, adapt, modify, magnify, minify, substitute, rearrange, reverse, and combine. (Theresa Amabile, Creativity in Context, 246)

=**REFLECTION** An ongoing process that involves humility, honesty and fairness in evaluating one's development and implementation of ideas and/or products with the intent to inform future action. (citation)=

Dictionary Definitions =**AWARENESS**=
 * **Open-mindedness:** A receptiveness to new and different ideas or the opinions of others (American Heritage)
 * **Curiosity:** A persistent reluctance to take things for granted, a deep desire for explanations, and skepticism of "obvious" explanations (Sternberg, 2009, p. 410)
 * **Empathy:** The ability to understand and share the feelings of another (New Oxford)
 * **Humility:** A consciousness of the limits of one's knowledge, including a sensitivity to bias, prejudice, and limitations of one's viewpoint (Paul & Elder, 2005, p. 489) //Critical Thinking Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life//
 * **Attentiveness:** The quality of being alert or observant to the elements of one's environment (adapted from American Heritage)
 * **Perceptiveness:** The quality of having or showing sensitive insight (New Oxford)

=**IMAGINATION**= =**ACTION**=
 * **Flexibility:** The ability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements (Merriam-Webster)
 * **Tolerance:** The capacity for, or the practice of, recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others (American Heritage)
 * **Novelty:** The quality of being new, original, or unusual (New Oxford)
 * **Fluency:** The production of a large number of alternatives (Torrance, 1979, p. 47)
 * **Receptiveness:** A willingness to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas (New Oxford)
 * **Vision:** The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination and wisdom (New Oxford)
 * **Courage:** A willingness to take intellectual risks - in the form of sharing novel ideas and insights, raising new questions, and attemptiong to do and try new things (adapted from Byrnes, 1998)
 * **Resourcefulness:** The ability to act effectively or imaginatively, using available tools (adapted from American Heritage)
 * **Decisiveness:** The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively (New Oxford)
 * **Perseverance:** A continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition (Merriam Webster)
 * **Focus:** The ability to concentrate thoughts and actions on a task (based on New Oxford)
 * **Elaboration:** The ability to work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly (American Heritage)