From analysis to modelling : A dynamic and situated approach to creativity (original) (raw)

In this article, we point the importance of studying creativity as a dynamic and situated process while also taking account of the subject point of view. Thus, we propose a conceptual and methodological approach rooted in Vygotsky’s social constructivism (Vygotsky, 2004/1967), in order to understand the various determiners involved in this process, and this, with the collaboration of the subject, to explain created meanings. In this study, we focus on children. In order to identify the process promoting creativity, two models of creativity are put in perspective: the Narrative Activity Model (Decortis, 2001 ; 2012) and the Creative thinking spiral (Resnick, 2007).