CREATIVE THINKING
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CREATIVE THINKING
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• “The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things.
• The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical.”
Jean Piaget
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• Innovative learning is necessary to prepare children for a fast-changing world.
• They need to learn to think creatively.
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• TV/video, computers, calculators and other hardware
are simply tools of the mind, tools for learning.
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• “I believe in intuition and inspiration…. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knoweledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the
entire world.”
Albert Einstein
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Thinking:• takes effort• involves looking
beyond the surface of things
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WHAT IS CREATIVE THINKING?
To create better solutions to problemsTo create new solutions to problems
It requires CRITICAL JUDGEMENT.
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Creativity means imagination and originality, which are required in any situation.
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CARE,
EFFORT,
HIGH MOTIVATION,
PERSISTANCE,
TIME
are needed to be creative and to produce something original.
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• Creativity has to be encouraged at a young age with warmth, positive approval of significant adults for children,
• in a atmosphere of psychological safety and freedom.
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THE CREATIVE PROCESS
STIMULA elicit creative thinking.
WHY?? WHAT??? HOW???
LOOK AT THAT …..
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EXPLORATION
Consider alternatives!
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PLANNING involves
• Defining problem or task• Gathering info• Making thinking visible (by thinking aloud, using
images, drawing or writing).
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ACTIVITY
• Children need to realise their creative thinking in ACTION.
• They create also through movement and touch.
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REVIEWChildren have to be trained
to use their judgement and imagination to evaluate their ideas.
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CREATIVITY IN PRACTICE
• Both FEELING and THINKING are useful to be creative in practice.
• FLUENCY
The more a child generates ideas in play and informal settings the more fluent will be in generating solutions to the real life.
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•FLEXIBILITY is the ability to overcome mental blocks
• ORIGINALITY is shown by an unusual or rare response
• ELABORATION is shown by transforming some simple stimulus in something more complex.
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CoRT TECHNIQUES Edward De Bono
PMI • Plus
the good things about an idea, why you like it• Minus
the bad things, why you don’t like it• Interesting
what you find interesting about an idea
• CAF Consider All Factors
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• C&S: Consequences and Sequel Children need training in thinking about consequences to
others and to themselves.
• AGO: Aims, Goals, Objectives Children have to comprehend that human actions often
have a purpose
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FIP: First Important PrioritiesChildren have to decide which are the most important ideas they have generated.
APC: Alternatives, Possibilities, ChoicesChildren need to be trained in thinking about alternatives.
OPV: Other Point of ViewChildren need help to learn seeing from other point of view.
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LATERAL THINKINGLATERAL THINKING LATERAL THINKINGLATERAL THINKING
Activities = help children develop lateral thinking, which is the basis of creativity
• Pictures• Stories ( important for divergent thinking)• Brainstorming (useful in the exploration stage)• Designing, drawing (to make thinking visible)• Word play (useful to make connections between ideas, facts
and experiences)