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AuthorElkilany, Elsayed Abdelwahed
AuthorYousef, Wael
Available date2021-11-21T05:16:17Z
Publication Date2021-11-16
Publication NameSAGE Open
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211058198
CitationElkilany EA, Yousef W. Cultivating Creativity of Graphic Design and Multimedia Students: The Perceptions of Arab Faculty and Experts. SAGE Open. October 2021. doi:10.1177/21582440211058198
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/25010
AbstractWhile a consensus has emerged on the importance of creativity in graphic design and multimedia field, little systematic research has attempted to understand its facilitators or inhibitors in the graphic and multimedia education across colleges and universities. The current investigation surveys a sample of experts as well as professors teaching across the Arab World concerning their perceptions on the most significant correlates of creative thinking among students. Results point to the importance of: (1) instructors’ engagement; (2) appropriate use of instructional strategies, tools, and resources; (3) institutional support; (4) peer support; and (5) the removal of red-tape regulatory frameworks. Most importantly, this research highlights the need to move away from the rigid higher education creativity model assuming perfection, precision, accuracy, and optimal effectiveness to a more flexible creativity framework. The Multi-Layered Autonomous Phases Model (MLAPM) is proposed as an alternative approach to cultivating creativity at the higher education level. The MLAPM applies to all levels beginning with the students and the instructor in the classroom and all instructional tools applied, moving upward to the institutional administration levels. The model offers cost-effective, flexible, dynamic, and effective practices that improve levels of creativity and creative thinking among students without the need to invest in new costly equipment, tools, curriculum, or instructional programs.
Languageen
PublisherSAGE Publications
Subjectcreativity
innovation
graphic design
multimedia
Arab world
higher education
TitleCultivating Creativity of Graphic Design and Multimedia Students: The Perceptions of Arab Faculty and Experts
TypeArticle
Issue Number4
Volume Number11
ESSN2158-2440
dc.accessType Open Access


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