Parent-Child Co-Creative Learning: Collectivity and Individuality in Creativity
Year: 2015
Editor: Amaresh Chakrabarti, Toshiharu Taura and Yukari Nagai
Author: Junaidy, D. W.; Nagai, Y.
Institution: 1Man and Interior Space Research Group, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia and 2School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Section: Models and Frameworks for Design Creativity
Page(s): 088-095
ISBN: 978-1-904670-60-5
Abstract
This study focused on parent-child interaction, specifically, formative play and communication in stimulating co-creative play. The findings indicate that indulging in role-taking behavior (i.e., taking over a task for their child) and intense interaction lead to collectivity that is less productive to originality. Thus, in the study, more openness and collectivity created distraction when the children analyzed the task at hand. Stronger collectivity or openness offered the children an apprentice-like experience that allowed them to acquire a formative skill (i.e., craftsmanship), whereas individuality stimulated their exploratory thinking (creativity).
Keywords: co-creative learning, parent-child interaction, collectivity and individuality, formative skills.