The Application of Scamper's Creative Thinking Technique in Art Education (Case Study: Teaching Print Making Techniques)

print making is an art that creates a limited number of works that are done by hand in all stages of work, such as preparation, coloring and printing operations. Creativity and coincidence in manual printing are among the things that can happen in the process of preparation and execution. With this description, it is important to use ideas and techniques related to creativity in education. Meanwhile, one of the prominent and important techniques in creativity and idea generation is scamper. Scamper is a practical technique in the field of creative thinking, which can be effective in improving the teaching and learning process. The Scamper technique consists of the first letters of seven English words, which are: replacement, combination, adaptation, change (enlargement/reduction), use in another application, deletion and reversal. Therefore, with this description, the basic issue of this research is that the creative thinking technique of Scamper has the ability to be used in teaching art and specifically in teaching print making techniques. In some branches of art, especially manual printing, due to the need for a workshop, special tools and special conditions of execution, or some printing techniques cannot be taught and implemented, or they are accompanied by serious difficulties and limitations. Therefore, if creative methods can be implemented in the education process, different results will be created. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to investigate and feasibility of presenting a creative model in print teaching and learning based on Scamper's creative thinking technique, which facilitates the learning conditions without introducing a defect in the desired printing technique. In terms of approach, this research is considered a case study, and from the perspective of the research goal, on the one hand, it has a fundamental aspect and deals with theorizing in the field of art education, and on the other hand, it has a practical aspect and can obtain new practical solutions for art education. Also, the present research is in the field of descriptive-analytical research in terms of nature, quality and method. In the research and investigation process of this research, by using the method of collecting information of the document and library type, by examining books and articles and Persian and especially non-Persian sources related to creativity, education and scamper; Finally, by examining and studying the case study of teaching manual printing techniques, the use of Scamper in their teaching has been analyzed. By examining and analyzing the creative thinking technique of Scamper regarding the main techniques of print making, it can be found that the Scamper technique is aligned and overlaps with most of the techniques of print making. Based on this, the claim and hypothesis of this research leads to the theory that based on the practical examples of its implementation, the Scamper technique is widely applicable to a significant range of manual printing techniques, and therefore the Scamper technique can be used in various ways to improve teaching methods and Creation of creativity in art education and especially print making education should be implemented as an effective method.