Course Details Language of Instruction Turkish Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program Pre-School Teaching Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course This practice-oriented course aims to develop pre-service teachers’ creativity skills through theoretical and applied activities. The course addresses the fundamental components of creativity and creative thinking techniques while actively engaging pre-service teachers in production processes involving diverse materials as well as visual, written, and performance-based activities. Through creative drawing, design using recycled materials, creative writing inspired by visual stimuli and poetry, and interdisciplinary production activities, pre-service teachers are expected to gain both individual and group-based creative production experiences. In this way, the course aims to enable pre-service teachers to internalize creativity not only as a skill, but also as a pedagogical approach that can be integrated into teaching processes. Course Content This practice-oriented course aims to develop pre-service teachers’ creativity skills through theoretical and applied activities. The course addresses the fundamental components of creativity, creative thinking processes, and creative thinking techniques. Pre-service teachers are actively engaged in production processes involving a variety of materials as well as visual, written, and performance-based forms of expression. Throughout the course, activities such as creative drawing, design using recycled materials, creative writing inspired by visual stimuli and poetry, creative drama, and interdisciplinary production are included. Through these activities, pre-service teachers are encouraged to gain both individual and group-based creative production experiences and to explore different forms of expression..In the practical component of the course, pre-service teachers are encouraged to generate original ideas, develop different perspectives, apply creative problem-solving skills, and design various educational materials. In this way, the course aims to promote an understanding and application of creativity not merely as an individual skill, but as a pedagogical approach that can be integrated into teaching and learning processes. Course Methods and Techniques In addition to techniques such as brainstorming and SCAMPER, methods such as Project-Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Maker/Design Activities will also be incorporated. Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Yaşare Aktaş Arnas yasare.aktas@hku.edu.tr Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources Çelebi Öncü, E. (Ed.). (2021). Creativity in early childhood and its development (7th ed.). Pegem Akademi. Yıldız, V. (2010). Line completion activities (M. Sayın, Illus.; 5th ed.). Kök Course Notes Each week begins with a brief theoretical framework, an examination of examples and an explanation of the method or technique, and continues with in-class practice. The course notes consist of weekly practices on the definition of creativity and the characteristics of creative individuals, creative-thinking techniques such as brainstorming and SCAMPER, creative drawing, creative writing (story completion, creating stories from pictures and music, from poetry to words), role-switching and empathy activities, creative production with waste materials, unusual uses of objects, and designing educational materials aligned with learning outcomes. Students bring the materials specified in advance by the instructor and keep the products they develop throughout the semester in an organized way. These products are evaluated in the midterm project and the final project. Course Category Education %100