Pensamiento creativo y su relación con las lógicas productivas: contexto universitario (original) (raw)

The article presents the different historical stages of the Colombian university, from when it began in the colonial era, scholastic, with marked religious tendency, then in the Republican era, administrative-financial court that served the independence and modernization of the nation, and finally the current university, at the service of industrial development with a global vision, mediated in a world in which technology and digital communications are part of the daily life of young people and the relevance of generational impact in the higher educational process. At the same time, the creative condition of the educational process is based on each stage presented, which shows the meager interest in the development of creative thinking in university academic processes. Secondly, the fundamentals of creativity in interaction with knowledge and the development of thought are presented. The research had a mixed method in the first stage by a hermeneutic activity, then deep interviews were conducted with specialized teachers who develop creative didactics, and finally two courses were conducted with teachers to put into practice the creative teaching proposal. As a main conclusion, it was argued that thought develops in relation to the type of society from which it emerges, and in the university classroom emanates from creativity. It is a dual activity, logical-emotional, and the result of this interaction flows knowledge as a social construction.