Creativity
and the Learning Process
As I studied the creative process I realized, in retrospect,
that I probably opted for five components because of my work in teaching
and with health education. These processes are often described as consisting
of five parts. The Sure-Fire Five Step Learning Process consists of:
Step One: look
Step Two: see what you look at
Step Three: understand what you
see
Step Four: learn from what you
understand
Step Five: act on what you learn
Health education is also a learning (or often a relearning
process) is which one attempts to replace un-healthy habits with healthy
habits. My personal version of the health education process, PICCA, consists
of five steps:
P = Perception and understanding
of the problem
I = Information transferral relevant
to the problem
C= Comprehension of the information
C= Conviction to propose solutions
and actions
A= Application of the solution
and actions
Another approach to learning and habit formation is described
in the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.
The author defines habit as the intersection of three components:
1) knowledge (the what to, why
to)
2) skills (the how to)
3) desire (the want to)
Just as the all the components of health education must work
together to result in the establishment of good health habits, the components
of knowledge, skills and desire intersect to produce effective work habits.
These examples led me to the conclusion that there is
a close parallel between the learning and creative processes. This relationship
is shown in the following table: