<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper describes creativity in role context and how drama features and techniques can stimulate creative thinking. The first part of the article concerns the role of drama as a stimulator by encasing the participant in fiction. Aspects of development are also taken into account and the areas of differences in the use of drama at various stages of development, and thus at different stages of education are highlighted. The second part of the paper is devoted to drama techniques - heuristics based on taking on a role. The last part of the article describes how drama stimulates the process of solving problems and delineates its specificity.</p></abstract>

The paper describes creativity in role context and how drama features and techniques can stimulate creative thinking. The first part of the article concerns the role of drama as a stimulator by encasing the participant in fiction. Aspects of development are also taken into account and the areas of differences in the use of drama at various stages of development, and thus at different stages of education are highlighted. The second part of the paper is devoted to drama techniques - heuristics based on taking on a role. The last part of the article describes how drama stimulates the process of solving problems and delineates its specificity.

Creativity in Somebody Else's Shoes

University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, 64 Rewolucji 1905r St., 90-222 Lodz, Poland

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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The paper describes creativity in role context and how drama features and techniques can stimulate creative thinking. The first part of the article concerns...

Creativity in Somebody Else's Shoes

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Nov. 2015

Seitenbereich: 227 - 236

Eingereicht: 17. Sept. 2014

Akzeptiert: 07. Sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0022

Schlüsselwörter
Drama, Role, Creative problem solving, Developmental factors

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Creativity in Somebody Else's Shoes

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Nov. 2015

Seitenbereich: 227 - 236

Eingereicht: 17. Sept. 2014

Akzeptiert: 07. Sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0022

SchlüsselwörterDrama, Role, Creative problem solving, Developmental factors

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Drama, Role, Creative problem solving, Developmental factors