Creativity As a Student Learning Goal

This Project Kaleidoscope collection, of papers from the PKAL community of stakeholders - each with a summary and a "full document" or transcript - focuses on creativity as a student learning goal. Tori Haring-Smith, president of Washington and Jefferson College speaks about the relationship between "reflection" and creative ability. That's paired up with two PDFs from the US Military Academy: "Creativity: A Goal for Student Learning at West Point" and "Educating Future Army Officers for a Changing World."

From Haring Smith's transcript: "My senior staff is always dreading what they call the “shower memo.” They know when I shower and if the time accords with the end of the shower they know it’s a I was just thinking kind of memo. These moments are woefully rare in our fast
paced world of Blackberries and cell phones."

From "Creativity": "Uninformed observers probably would not describe our modern Army as a proponent of creative thinking. To the contrary, the GI stereotype might lead one to believe that Army service involves mechanical obedience to specific orders: e.g., dig the trench, refill the hole, and repeat. In contradistinction to this stereotype, Army leaders, who function in a world of rapid technological, social, political, and economic change, must be astute thinkers and innovators."