Overview of the Readings

In the table below an overview is given of the readings handed out during the course and the week in which they were handed out. For reference the activity of that week is indicated between brackets.

Week 1

(15 Aug)

(paper activity)

Eric Booth – “The Everyday Work of Art” (pp. 202 – 203)

Arthur I. Miller – “Einstein, Picasso: space, time and the beauty that causes havoc”, 2001 (pp. 185 – 194)

Week 2

(22 Aug)

(clay activity)

Joan Mowat Erikson – “Vital Senses: Sources of lifelong Learning”, 1985 (pp. 85 – 96)

Week 3

(29 Aug)

(nails activity)

Raymond J. Christman – “Sensory Experience”, 1979 (pp. 1 – 19)

Week 4

(05 Sep)

(painting activity)

James L. Adams – “Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas”, 2001 (chapter 3, pp. 39 – 51)

Leo Paul Cyr – “A conversation between sculptor and stone”, 2000 (chapter 6, pp. 263 – 268)

Week 5

(12 Sep)

(Singapore Dreaming)

Week 6

(19 Sep)

(charcoal activity)

Ellen Dissanayake – “What is art for?”, 1987 (chapters 3, 4)

Week 7

(26 Sep)

(break week)

Week 8

(03 Oct)

(“Painter’s Eye video” & Artist talk by Jun Kit)

The Air-conditioned Nation (chapter 3, pp. 144 – 150)

Various newspaper clippings on art that defies the norms, teacher etiquette, Singapore school system

Week 9

(10 Oct)

(exhibition Vijayan Priamalar)

 

Week 10

(17 Oct)

(plaster activity)

Ng Aik Kwang – “Why Asians are LESS creative than Westerners", 2001 (chapters 4 – 6)

Csikszentmihalyi – “Flow”, 1990 (chapters 3, 4)

Week 13

(07 Nov)

(closure)

Alfie Kohn – “Punished by Rewards, the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's, praise, and other bribes"(chapter 11)

 

Additional readings:

Howard Gardner - "Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi ", 1993.

New Scientist magazine, issue 29 Oct 2005 - "Creating Minds" (pp. 39 - 54)