+ Collaborative Creativity: Learning and Teaching Towards Generative Justice Florence R. Sullivan, UMass, Amherst & Roberto Gonçalves Barbosa, University of Londrina Londrina, Brazil

+ Traditional Education and Conformity Dewey Transmission model of learning Curricular imposition (knowledge of past) Docility, receptivity, and obedience Conformity not creativity Freire Banking (transmission) model of learning Ideological imposition (teacher as knower) School as Cultural Invasion Domination Reproduction of the social order

+ Alternative Views of Education Dewey: Progressive Education and Freedom Interest and experience (knowledge creation) Role of the peer community Self regulation through social norms Freire: Education for Liberation/Emancipation Conscientization Critical analysis and experience (student as knower) Critical Consciousness Personal and cultural transformation Creativity not conformity

+ Role of Technology in Education Technology as a tool of domination Standards movement (e.g., PARCC) Conformity Reproduction of Ideas Curricular/Ideological imposition Technology as a tool for liberation/creativity Production-oriented media Interest Student as knower Generation of ideas Potential for criticality

+ Computational Media and Progressive Education Open-ended or Scaffolded Challenges Generation of Ideas Problem solving Collaborative Creativity Transformation of problem Collaborative discussion Student as Producer of Knowledge Student empowerment

+ Creativity as Dialogic Inquiry Bakhtin Language as creativity Dialogism – Heteroglossia and multivocality Authoritative vs. Internally persuasive discourses Ideological becoming Contact with/generation of ideas (ideology as a system of ideas) Learning as the generation of meaning, learning as a creative act, itself (Bakhtin, 1981). Transmission models of learning are more reliant on authoritative discourses

+ Our Research Findings (thus far) Focus on Collaborative Creativity Role of Multivocality in creative solutions Play as a mode of inquiry when creativity is a goal Environment that allows for play Importance of bricolage/items at hand to creativity Expanded definition of tools, freedom to select Modeling of inquiry techniques Teacher as consulting team member Joint construction of understanding through discussion and activity Collaborative interactions

+ Research Findings continued Focus on Opportunities to Learn Role of Playful Talk Identity exploration Roboticist Competent Builder Robotics/Legos as a Girls’ Activity Regulating the functioning of the group Disrupting dominating behavior Creating solidarity Working together

+ Future Research Directions Service Learning Course After school program – Holyoke, MA Computational media lab Developing, Implementing and Studying a Critical Computing Curriculum Importance of community in developing curriculum Importance of student voice in creation of knowledge