http://edexcelcreativenewmedia.ning.com/profiles/blogs/making-the-creative-cycle-work
Creative cycle skills:
Each of the sections of the creative cycle demands a set of particular skills:
Observation:
- Sketching
- Selecting relevant primary and secondary sources
- Writing
- Mind-mapping
- Making links
- Separating information
- Discussion
Analysis:
- Research and inquiry
- Writing
- Making connections to artists and designers
- Making links to non-art and wider cultural information and media
- Contextualisation
- Comparing and contrasting
- Breaking down art and design into components
- Assessing the relevance and potential of media
Development:
- Time management
- Assessing the relevance and potential of media
- Production, operation and manipulation skills
- Creative problem solving
- Risk taking
Personal response:
- Synthesis
- Differentiation
- Presentation / delivery
- Refinement
- Innovation
Evaluation:
- Questioning
- Reflection
- Setting evaluative criteria
- Having an overview
- Listening / taking on feedback
- Writing and communication