Fomento de la creatividad en los estudiantes del diseño industrial en una universidad privada de la ciudad de Medellín..pdf

AbstractThe article presents results of a research aimed to explore the promotion of creativity in students from the industrial design in one private University of Medellín, to this end turned attention to aspects of teaching practices and the teacher´s conceptions about creativity. The study used the mixed approach, descriptive level and phenomenological method, the study population was represented by teachers and students in an undergraduate program of industrial design in one private university of Medellín, both the sample of teachers as was used student was chosen for convenience. It was applied the interviews and Likert scale designed to study and test CREA. The results show a statistically significant increase in test scores obtained by students from the first to the tenth semester, but can not claim that this increase is due exclusively to the training program efforts. Also, it is observed that the teaching practices of teachers in the program have a high orientation fostering creativity in their students. This corresponds to the importance they attach to the teachers interviewed for creativity in the training of an industrial designer.Keywords: creativity, industrial design, teaching practice, teacher´s conceptions.