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:

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